Steak pie

{{Short description|British meat pie}}

{{Distinguish|Steak and kidney pie}}

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| caption = Steak and onion pie

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| country = United Kingdom

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| type = Meat pie

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| main_ingredient = Steak, beef gravy, pastry shell

| variations = Steak pie supper

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File:Goddards steak and ale pie.jpg

A steak pie is a traditional meat pie served in Britain. It is made from stewing steak and beef gravy, enclosed in a pastry shell. Sometimes mixed vegetables are included in the filling. The dish is often served with "chunky chips" (thickly sliced potatoes fried, sometimes in beef dripping).

Steak pies are also available from chip shops, served with normal chips, referred to in Scotland as a steak pie supper. A steak pie supper is usually accompanied by salt and vinegar; however, around Edinburgh, a combination of spirit vinegar and brown sauce, known simply as "sauce" or "chippie sauce", is popular. The precise proportions of each ingredient are unique to each take-away. Some Fish and Chip shops, particularly in Scotland, heat precooked frozen pies by dropping them into the deep fat fryer.

Throughout the UK, meat pies are a traditional hot food eaten at football games either before kick-off or during half time.{{cite news |title=The six best football pies in Britain revealed |url=https://www.joe.co.uk/sport/the-6-best-football-pies-in-britain-revealed-16804 |access-date=18 August 2018 |agency=Joe.co.uk}} So synonymous is the meat pie with football in the UK, at the British Pie Awards an award is given for Best Football Pie.{{cite news |title=Morecambe Football Club lift top pie awards |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-17851990 |access-date=18 August 2018 |agency=BBC}}

Many Scots celebrate Ne'erday ("New Year's Day") with a dinner of steak pie.'[http://www.aboutaberdeen.com/hogmanaycustoms.php Scottish Hogmanay Customs and Traditions at New Year]' at [http://www.aboutaberdeen.com About Aberdeen]. Retrieved 21 December 2007.{{cite web|url=https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/our-humble-pie-man-1-499368|title=Our humble pie man|website=www.scotsman.com|date=27 December 2003 }}