Haggis Meatloaf

Avalon · Haggis Meatloaf

http://www.astray.com/recipes/?show=Haggis%20meatloaf

kayleigh

I just made this with that liver that I didn't have the nerve to eat raw. It is excellent but I substituted the oats with walnuts and used scotch instead of wine.

adwred

I'm kind of freaking out about not being able to have haggis this holiday season, so maybe I'll try that, Kayleigh! It's the possible gluten-factor of the oats that I was worried about, as so many brands of oats bother gluten-intolerants. And the carby factor, of course. The walnuts worked? Just finely chopped or ground into a meal?

ReddyMcMeaty

what a wonderful idea! I'd love to know how it turned out as well

kayleigh

I soaked the walnuts for several hours and then ground them up somewhat fine but not into a flour..not that fine. I might try it again using a little aspic or gelatin to make the whole thing hold together better. It was good without it though. A wee bit crumbly but tasty. I love to have haggis for the holidaze so I am really happy with this. I usually soak walnuts overnight to use in recipes but I was impatient.

adwred

I feel like if you used more liver maybe it would hold together better? Or an egg, maybe? For binding? Haggis is a bit crumbly anyway, so as long as it was really fatty and yummy, I'd be happy.

kayleigh

Oh yeah, an egg! Hah. Why didn't I think of that? More liver would work too. Okay, those are better ideas.

ReddyMcMeaty

I bet you two would love German liver dumpling soup

adwred

I bet you're right.

kayleigh

Okay. I had to try it. I made this again using eggs and about a pound of liver with all the other ratios the same. It was excellent. I also put some shredded bacon in it because I it was leftover from breakfast. I used a buttered glass baking dish. It held together very nicely. Perfect texture and delicious. My family ate the whole pan.

Avalon

Your welcome!

Bartenderer! Toast

p.s. I've got liver defrosting on the counter. One left in the freezer! NO MEAT LEFT AFTER THAT ONE LEFT! THEN WHAT! I DON'T KNOW!

ReddyMcMeaty

We're having haggis for Christmas dinner now.

adwred

I'm so excited. I'm going to make one before Yule to test it and have everyone taste it and if it's as good as real haggis, then we'll all eat it at Yule. If my family doesn't like it as much, then I'll just eat the oat-free one and they can get our usual one from the Scottish butcher, which is fine with me. But if I can get them to eat the same thing as me, it will save some effort. And really they shouldn't be eating oats, either, considering we all have the same genes for gluten-intolerance and they probably need to eat less grain, too.

EricaB

I'm definitely making this!

Thanks for the recipe!

adwred

Did you still put the walnuts in, kayleigh? Or did you just do the extra liver and egg?

kayleigh

I did put the walnuts in but half as much. I thought it would be more appealing to the clan with some walnuts in it. I think it would be fine without them though. It's a good excuse to make it again so can test it without any walnuts at all. Hah!