Tag: swede

Ingredient of the Week: Swede

Ingredient of the Week: Swede

Swede is a root vegetable that is frequently ignored or mistaken for other vegetables. One of which is turnip. In fact in Scotland they refer to both vegetables as neeps, as in ‘neeps and tatties’, the traditional accompaniment to haggis. It is a large round 

Chorizo, Root Vegetable & Barley Risotto

Chorizo, Root Vegetable & Barley Risotto

I love a bowl of risotto. When cooked well the flavour that you can infuse from the stock in to everything else is just delicious. Add chorizo in to the mix and you are on to a winner! Every meal is improved if you add 

Sausage & Root Vegetable Stovies

Sausage & Root Vegetable Stovies

Stovies is a traditional Scottish dish. Typically it is made up of all the left over ingredients from a roast dinner, cooked in one pot and served like a stew. It would consist of fatty cuts of meat, onions, lard, potatoes and possibly the odd 

Chicken, Root Veg and Lentil Dahl

Chicken, Root Veg and Lentil Dahl

This was a recipe that I very much built on. I got my inspiration from a simple swede dahl recipe I found on the internet but for me it didn’t have enough variety of vegetables. I try to include at least 3 varieties in all