12 Traditional Scottish foods you must try in Scotland

Served warm, wrapped in paper and ready to eat, a smokie is a whole smoked haddock golden brown on one side, the flesh creamy and flaky – so good it was awarded PGI status in 2004.

The dessert traditionally served to celebrate the raspberry harvest in June, cranachan is a moreish mix of whipped cream (or crowdie a fresh farmhouse cheese), toasted pinhead oatmeal, whisky, honey and fresh raspberries.

A soft creamy fresh cow’s cheese traditionally made by Scottish crofters or farmers and sometimes served topped with toasted oatmeal and black pepper.

The coastal town of Cullen in Morayshire lends its name to this creamy Scottish soup made with ‘finnan haddie‘ (undyed smoked haddock), potatoes and leeks – it’s Scotland’s chowder.

In Scotland fish and chips is known as a fish supper – the fish is usually haddock whereas in England it’s more likely to be cod.

Far tastier than it sounds, haggis is made from ‘sheep’s pluck’, the liver, lungs and heart minced with oatmeal, onion and spices and was traditionally encased sausage-like in a sheep’s stomach although today an artificial casing is used. It’s usually served with neeps (mashed turnip) and tatties (mashed potato).

Hardy Scots will have their porridge with water and a sprinkling of salt, but this traditional warm oatmeal breakfast is a real treat with cream and whisky.

A hearty and wholesome soup made with barley and lamb or mutton and root vegetables such as carrot and turnip and split peas.

Two parts butter to one part sugar, this sweet buttery biscuit was invented in Scotland and popularised by Mary Queen of Scots who was partial to a thin, crisp Petticoat’s Tail.

Artisan smokehouses are peppered throughout Scotland producing this traditional succulent delicacy, using locally-caught salmon from fresh Highland streams.

For those with a sweet tooth look no further, this is the Scottish version of fudge made with condensed milk, butter and sugar and with a hard crumbly texture.

The water of life or in Scots Gaelic ‘uisge beathe’, whisky is an alcoholic drink made from a fermented mash of grains and aged in wooden barrels. A ‘wee dram’ or ‘nip’ is the traditional Scottish nightcap.