{{short description|Scottish potato and turnip dish}} {{Infobox prepared food | name = Clapshot | image = Clapshot and oatcakes.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = Clapshot with oatcakes | alternate_name = | country = Scotland | region = Orkney | creator = | course = Side dish | type = | served = | main_ingredient = Potatoes, swede turnips, chives, butter | variations = | calories = | other = }}
'''Clapshot''' is a traditional Scottish dish that originated in Orkney<ref name="McNeill"/><ref name="Broon"/><ref name="SWRI"/> and may be served with haggis, oatcakes,<ref name="Broon"/> mince, sausages or cold meat.<ref name="SWRI"/> It is created by the combined mashing of swede turnips and potatoes ("neeps and tatties") with the addition of chives, butter or dripping, salt and pepper; some versions include onions.<ref name="McNeill">McNeill, F. Marian (1929). ''The Scots Kitchen''. Paperback: 259 pages, Edinburgh: Mercat Press; New Edition (25 Oct 2004) {{ISBN|1-84183-070-4}}, p148</ref><ref name="Broon">Maw Broon (2007). ''Maw Broon's Cookbook''. Waverley Books; (18 Oct 2007) {{ISBN|1-902407-45-8}}, p82</ref><ref name="SWRI">S.W.R.I. (1977). ''S.W.R.I. Jubilee Cookery Book''. Edinburgh: Scottish Women's Rural Institutes; Reprint of 8th Edition (1968), p133</ref> The name is Orcadian in origin.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wright |first1=Fraser |title=A history of Clapshot, including a recipe for making your own |url=https://foodanddrink.scotsman.com/food/a-history-of-clapshot-including-a-recipe-for-making-your-own/ |website=Scotsman Food and Drink |date=21 December 2015 |publisher=foodanddrink.scotsman.com |access-date=19 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/clapshot|title=Dictionaries of the Scots Language:: SND :: clapshot}}</ref>
==See also== * List of potato dishes
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Scottish cuisine}} {{Potato dishes}}
Category:Scottish cuisine Category:Potato dishes Category:Culture of Orkney
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