Scotch pie
{{short description|Meat pie}}
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{{ infobox food
| image = Scotch pie.jpg
| caption = A cooked, intact Scotch pie
| alt = A circular pie, about 8 cm in diameter and 4 cm high, on a dinner plate, with no accompaniments
| alternate_name = Mutton pie, shell pie, mince pie, football pie
| country = Scotland
| type = Meat pie
| served = Hot or cold
| main_ingredient = Mutton or other meat, hot water crust pastry
}}
File:Scotch pie dissection.jpg
A Scotch pie is a double-crust meat pie, traditionally filled with minced mutton (whereby also called a mutton pie) but now generally beef, sometimes lamb.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/scotch_pies_92297|title=Scotch pies|website=BBC Food|access-date=6 January 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/thelistltd/docs/fife_larder_2012|title=The Fife Larder 2nd Edition by List Publishing Ltd - Issuu|website=issuu.com|date=24 April 2012 }} 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,{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qUCPk82tMtoC&dq=%22scotch+pie%22&pg=PT62 | isbn=9781906476564 | title=Classic Scots Cookery | date=21 August 2011 | publisher=Neil Wilson }} but can be found in other parts of the United Kingdom and abroad.{{cn|date=July 2023}}
Consumption
Scotch pies are often sold alongside other types of hot food in football grounds, traditionally accompanied by a drink of Bovril, resulting in the occasional reference to football pies. They are also often served hot by take-away restaurants and bakeries and at outdoor events. The hard crust enables it to be eaten by hand with no wrapping.
Ingredients and design
The traditional filling of mutton is often highly spiced with black pepper and other ingredients and is placed inside a shell of hot water crust pastry. It is baked in a round, straight-sided tin, about 8 cm in diameter and 4 cm high, and the top "crust" (which is soft) is placed about 1 cm lower than the rim to make a space for adding accompaniments such as mashed potatoes, baked beans, brown sauce, gravy or an egg. Typically, there is a round hole of about 7.5 mm in the centre of the top crust.
Competition
Every year, since 1999, Scottish Bakers,{{cite web|url=https://scottishbakers.org/default.aspx|title=Scottish Bakers|website=Scottishbakers.org}} a trade association, hold the World Championship Scotch Pie Awards.{{cite web|url=https://scottishbakers.org/page/Scotch_pie_awards|title=World Scotch Pie Championship|website=Scottishbakers.org|access-date=4 November 2021}} The winner of the Scotch pie section of the competition is judged to be the World Champion.
See also
{{portal|Food}}
- {{annotated link|List of lamb dishes}}
- {{annotated link|List of pies, tarts and flans}}
- {{annotated link|Killie pie}}
- {{annotated link|Rabbit pie}}
References
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External links
- {{cite news |title=Dumfries bakery lands World Scotch Pie title |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-46876821 |agency=BBC News}}
- {{cite news | title = Aiming high for the best Scotch pie | date = November 18, 2004 | publisher=BBC News Online | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4019193.stm }}
- {{cite news | title = World Scotch Pie champion named | date = November 30, 2004 | publisher = BBC News Online | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4056269.stm }}
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