Scots prisoners to feast on steak and luxury cheesecake for New Year's day dinner as jail bosses release menus

Prisoners across Scotland will be treated to a special first meal of 2021 on New Year's Day.

Bosses at Scots prisons have published details of the treats in store on January 1, with the majority of inmates being served a traditional steak pie dinner with all the usual suspects on the side.

Chefs have also given prisoners halal, vegan and vegetarian options at a number of institutions across the country.

It is likely that the meals will cost the same as the ones inmates enjoyed at Christmas, which is believed to be around £2.47 per prisoner or £2.75 per young offender.

Menus for Barlinnie, Castle Huntly, Dumfries, Edinburgh, Polmont, Greenock, Cornton Vale, Glenochil, Grampian, Inverness, Perth and Shotts have been listed below.

Barlinnie

Inmates will be tucking into steak and sausage pie with roast or mashed potatoes, julienne carrots and garden peas.

Mushroom and stilton wellington is on the cards for vegetarians inside, which will be served with roast or creamed potatoes, carrots and peas.

An individual fruit trifle will be dessert.

Chinese king rib in a hot dog roll or a vegetable quarter pounder burger will be on the menu for tea.

Castle Huntly

New Year’s lunch will be served to prisoners between 3pm and 3.30pm.

The traditional steak pie will be available, while brie and chestnut tart and vegetable ravioli make up the alternatives.

Each of the meals will be served with farmhouse vegetables, roast potatoes and gravy,

Chocolate chip ice cream and fresh fruit are the dessert options.

Dumfries

A traditional and home made steak pie will be served with creamed potatoes, roast potatoes and sliced carrots.

Vegans will be treated to a homemade vegetable cobbler, which will be served with roast potatoes and carrots.

Chocolate fudge cake and a vegan dessert make up the sweet treat options.

Edinburgh

Prisoners at Edinburgh’s Saughton Prison will be given a starter of homemade lentil soup with a crusty cob for their New Year’s Day lunch.

Homemade steak and sausage pie will be the traditional option on the table. Vegetarians can tuck into a mushroom and brie with hazelnut and cranberry parcel as their main.

All of which will be served with creamed and roasted potatoes, in addition to seasonal mixed vegetables.

Luxury individual cheesecakes will be available as a dessert. Fresh fruit salad with fresh cream is listed on the prison’s halal menu.

Chicken fillet burger or a spicy vegetable samosa will be on the menu for dinner.

Polmont

Scotch broth soup will kick things off before the standard steak pie with roast potatoes for the main course.

Vegetarian wellington is also available at the prison.

Inmates will be treated to a number of sweet treats, including individual scotch trifle and a luxury caramel shortcake.

Greenock

The dinner menu will start off with a serving of lentil soup.

Braised steak, mushroom wellington and a creamy vegetable are the options for mains, which will be served with potato croquettes, sweetcorn and baby carrots.

A gateau with fresh cream is available for the dessert.

Cornton Vale

Bowls of cream of carrot, orange and coriander soup will be available as a starter at the Stirling prison.

An individual steak pie or curried cauliflower encroute will be served with steak chips, carrots and peas.

The menu will be finished off with a strawberry gateau with cream.

Glenochil

The prison’s ‘ordinary menu’ will start off with home made scotch broth before the traditional steak pie is served with Brussels sprouts, roast potatoes and winter vegetables as a main.

A chocolate yule log will be served with single cream for dessert.

Vegan inmates will be treated to the same soup with a vegetable pie for the main instead.

Dessert on the specialist menu will be chocolate orange tart, fresh fruit with nuts and raisins.

Grampian

Homemade steak pie will be served with boiled and roast potatoes, peas, carrots and gravy for New Year’s Day.

Prisoners at Peterhead prison will be given the option of vegetarian nut roast with apricot and goats cheese for their main.

The meal will end with trifle and fruit for dessert.

Inverness

Roast beef will be served with roast potatoes, carrots and Brussels sprouts. It will also come with a side of Yorkshire pudding before being topped off with gravy.

Nut roast will be available as an alternative for vegetarians.

Trifle will be the dessert of choice for inmates at the Highland prison.