Description
This Traditional Savory Baked Scotch Pie is the ultimate comfort food, enveloping minced meat in a flaky crust, perfect for chilly days.
Ingredients
Scale
- 500 g minced beef or lamb
- 1 medium onion (finely chopped)
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp ground pepper
- 1 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 tsp mace
- 250 ml beef stock (to moisten the filling)
- 250 g plain flour
- 100 g lard or shortening (for flaky pastry)
- 1 large egg (beaten, for glazing)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 180°C (350°F).
- Melt the lard with 250ml of water and a pinch of salt over medium heat in a saucepan.
- Combine the plain flour in a mixing bowl, create a well in the center, and pour in the hot lard mixture. Stir until it forms a shaggy dough.
- Allow the dough to cool for about 10 minutes, then roll it out on a floured surface, keeping some aside for the pie lids.
- Line your pie tins with the rolled-out pastry, allowing excess to hang over the edges.
- Prepare the filling by mixing the minced meat, onion, salt, ground pepper, nutmeg, mace, and beef stock in another bowl.
- Fill each pastry-lined tin with the meat mixture without overfilling.
- Cut out lids from reserved dough, place on top of the filling, and seal the edges.
- Brush the tops with the beaten egg for a glossy finish.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown.
- Cool in the tins for about 10 minutes before serving.
Notes
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 75 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Scottish
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 pie
- Calories: 400 kcal
- Sugar: 0 g
- Sodium: 500 mg
- Fat: 20 g
- Saturated Fat: 8 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 35 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 25 g
- Cholesterol: 70 mg
Keywords: Traditional Savory Baked Scotch Pie