Little-known Scottish butchers wins top award with item judges ‘had never seen before'
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A SMALL town butcher shop has scooped a top award for their quirky twist on a popular pastry.
Donald Gilmour in Kingussie, Highlands, has been recognised for their haggis quiche.
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Donald Gilmour Butchers scooped a top award for its haggis quiche
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The business landed the ultimate Diamond Award in the 'Make It With Haggis' category at the Scottish Craft Butchers awards.
The pastry impressed judges, who hadn't seen haggis quiche before.
The pastry was created three years ago in a bid to appeal to people visiting Kingussie.
But the meaty quiche has grown in popularity and become a hit with locals and tourists alike.
The concoction is a cheese quiche filling with haggis mixed through it.
Mr Gilmour hailed the award and said he was delighted to collect the gong.
He told the P&J: "I came up with the recipe to extend our haggis season beyond Burns Night and give the tourists something a wee bit different.
'I decided to enter it for the evaluation competition. I never for a moment thought that it would take the top award. I'm absolutely delighted.
'This is basically a cheese quiche mixture in a pastry case with haggis through it.
'I feel very honoured to lift this prestigious award for something so simple. I like it, our customers like it, the tourists like it.
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"Now it's fantastic to know that the Scottish judges at the SCB event like it too.'
Mr Gilmour and his team are hoping winning the award will encourage more people to visit the shop and give the haggis quiche a try.
Jason Ward, general manager of event sponsors John Scott Meat, said: 'A haggis quiche is something we haven't seen before and it shows just how versatile our iconic Scottish haggis can be.'
Earlier this week, we told how a Fife butcher picked up the top prize for Scotland's best sausage.
Tom Courts Quality Foods, based in Burntisland, made history by scooping the title for a record-breaking third time at the Scottish Craft Butchers' biennial Trade Fair in Perth.
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