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Hardeep Singh Kohli meets Iain Hogg and Alison Lofthouse, who tell a remarkable story of abandonment.

In the first programme of this four part series Hardeep Singh Kohli meets Iain Hogg and Alison Lofthouse. 40 years ago in the Scottish seaport of Grangemouth two babies were found cold, alone and abandoned just 18 months apart. For 35 years those two people thought they were the only one to be found in this way until they made an astonishing discovery. As Hardeep cooks Sunday lunch for Iain and Alley he hears about the events that finally brought them together and why uncovering the identity of the woman who abandoned them remains an issue.

Producer: Catherine Earlam.

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30 minutes

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Sun 5 Jan 2014 13:30

Hardeep’s Special Stovies

Hardeep’s Special Stovies - very Scottish, a dish of childhood, comfort food, and would be made from bits of food found around the kitchen.


Half a dozen potatoes
A couple of red onions
750ml chicken or lamb stock
A bunch of spring onions
500g lamb shoulder or leg, cut into chunks
A pint of full fat milk
250ml single cream
A bunch of flat leaf parsley
Sea salt and fresh black pepper.

Cranachan

Cranachan – again, very Scottish and again would traditionally have been made with ingredients one would find around the kitchen before having to go out and find the raspberries.

Fine oatmeal
Demerara sugar
750ml whipping cream or double cream
A nip of Whisky
Some runny honey
A small bag of pistachios

Raspberries

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  • Sun 5 Jan 2014 13:30

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