Scottish recipes -Scottish Lorne Sausage

Here is one of my favo(u)rites.... The great and delicious Lorne Sausage

Scottish Lorne Sausage

Whether you call it Lorne Sausage, Square Sausage, Sliced Sausage

Scottish Lorne Square Sausage

One thing for sure is it is enjoyed by many people in Scotland as part of a great Fry Up (a Scottish/British cooked Breakfast), great for mopping up egg yolk and the likes

Do you see it hiding under the egg?

Scottish Cooked Breakfast

It is loved in Scotland on a buttered roll with a squirt of Brown Sauce or HP Sauce on there too. My personal favo(u)rite

Scottish Square Sausage Roll and Irn Bru

In Scotland you can just nip into the corner shop, supermarket, local cafe or local butcher and there it is, all pink and square, waiting to be bought.  I love the stuff

So here in Texas there is no Lorne Sausage, I went a couple of years without the delicious piece of square meat

That is until

My lovely Scottish Expat friend Irene gave me a recipe

Its from her butcher friend, and this stuff is amazing

If you are lucky enough to be in Scotland just nip out and buy some

But if you are like me and living overseas ....here it is

You will need

A loaf dish, glass is better, so you can see the air pockets
3lb minced beef (ground beef) Don't use lean beef as it will be too dry, you need the fat
3 cups homemade grated bread crumbs
3 teaspoons salt
2.5 teaspoons black pepper
3 teaspoons coriander powder
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Mix it all together in a bowl .... be prepared to get your knuckles in there and knead

Scottish Square Sausage Mix

Put the mixture in the glass loaf dish

Check for air pockets and get rid of them by pushing and squishing the meat

Ready in the Glass Loaf Dish

Cover with greaseproof paper or cling film

Put the loaf tin in the freezer for about 1.5 hours

Just enough to make it hard without being completely frozen solid

Take it out of freezer and turn it out of the loaf tin

Slice it

And there it is (I made 12 slices)

Ready to fry or grill (broil for my USA readers)

You can store it in the fridge for a couple of days until its ready to be cooked 

Or store in freezer in freezer bags 2 at a time until read to enjoy

Doesn't it look yummy?

Scottish Lorne Sausage

Now, if you don't like the taste, try making it again but change the mix of condiments until it suits your pallet, after all, nae twa butchers in Scotland hiv the same recipe...right?



Irene, the friend who gave me this brilliant recipe,  is one of those ladies that help shape how a place is, she was one of the first people I met when I came to Texas.

I was new and navigating my way around a strange place. Mr Tartan Tastes told me a "woman called Irene is picking you up tomorrow to show you around", so she turned up her silver sports car, all tanned, tall, glamorous and from the west coast, and she whizzed me away to the Galleria in Houston.

I loved it, we had a beautiful lunch outside in November and talked about life and how we came to be living in Texas.

Over the coming months and years she introduced me to other great expats living here and a circle of great friends emerged. She took me to get my social security number and help with all kinds of things including the day she let me use her car to take my Texas driving test. I passed. Mr Tartan Tastes had no idea, I surprise him that night, "Look, I took my driving test and passed today", all thanks to Irene. Irene and I are still friends and still get together for a good old blether when we can

And so its all thanks to Irene, that when I feel like it, I can indulge in some tasty Lorne sausage here in Texas



Angela