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Caledonian Cream Traditional Scottish Recipe served in a shot glass

As with many Scottish recipes this one for a festive dessert is difficult to date. Here's mine: simplyorganicrecipes.blogspot.fr/2017/11/mini-caledonian-... A family's Caledonian Cream recipe was handed-down by word-of-mouth. Even the fact that one of the ingredients, Seville Orange Marmalade didn't become available until 1797 isn't decisive, as presumably that could have been substituted for some other ingredient in an earlier version! Caledonian cream has long been associated with Burns' Night suppers and indeed it is a beautifully light finish to what is a substantial meal of soup, haggis, neeps and potatoes. However, it is also, like syllabub, often on wedding breakfast menus and according to a book I have just been reading, a firm favourite of Queen Victoria's Christmas fare at Balmoral. For us it certainly provides some sunshine in a wet Normandie Winter.

 

 

 

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Uploaded on November 15, 2017
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