This is followed by haggis, neeps and tatties or roast beef. The dessert is most likely to be cranachan, a raspberry, oat, cream and whisky concoction, or typsy laird, a boozy Scottish trifle.

On this day, Burns suppers are celebrated with traditional dishes of haggis and whisky and recitals of his best-loved work. Born in 1759, Robert Burns was a scottish poet recognised the world over ...

Claudia Romeo: We're in Edinburgh, Scotland, and we're about to visit Macsween, a third-generation family-run haggis producer. What we're about to see is traditional haggis, which is encased in ...

What’s your favourite haggis canapé? Princess Anne’s are these honey and whisky-flavoured kebabs cooked on the barbecue. Make sure you leave half an hour for the kebabs to firm up in the fridge.