Name: Scotch pies
Yield: For 6 pies
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: 600 g (1 lb 5 oz) minced mutton (for example, from the neck), lamb mince or a combination of minced beef flank and lamb mince or game mince; ¼ tsp ground mace; 1 tsp ground black pepper; 1 quantity Hot water crust pastry; ¼ tsp salt; ¼ tsp ground nutmeg; milk, for brushing

Preparation info

For
6
pies

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Oats in the North, Wheat from the South

By Regula Ysewijn

Published 2020

About

Scotch pies are, as the name implies, a Scottish dish. The pies have an annual ‘World Championship Scotch Pie Awards’ dedicated to them and they are also the preferred snack at the half-time interval at Scottish football matches. They therefore also go by the name ‘football pies’.

According to the championship judges, minced beef flank in combination with minced lamb is favoured as a filling, but originally these pies were made with mutton, and some still are to this day. Traditiona