Scotch pie

Scotch pie
A circular pie, about 8 cm in diameter and 4 cm high, on a dinner plate, with no accompaniments
A cooked, intact Scotch pie
Alternative namesMutton pie, shell pie, mince pie, football pie
TypeMeat pie
Place of originScotland
Serving temperatureHot or cold
Main ingredientsMutton or other meat, hot water crust pastry
The same pie, partially eaten

A Scotch pie is a small, double-crust meat pie, traditionally filled with minced mutton (whereby also called a mutton pie) but now generally beef, sometimes lamb.[1][2] It may also be known as a shell pie to differentiate it from other varieties of savoury pie, such as the steak pie, steak and kidney pie, steak-and-tattie (potato) pie, and so forth.

The Scotch pie originated in Scotland,[3] but can be found in other parts of the United Kingdom and abroad.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "Scotch pies". BBC Food. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  2. ^ "The Fife Larder 2nd Edition by List Publishing Ltd - Issuu". issuu.com. 24 April 2012.
  3. ^ Classic Scots Cookery. Neil Wilson. 21 August 2011. ISBN 9781906476564.