Editing 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&nbsp;cm in diameter and 4&nbsp;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|thumb|The same pie, partially eaten]]

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/scotch_pies_92297|title=Scotch pies|website=BBC Food|access-date=6 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref> 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,<ref>{{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 }}</ref> 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 [[association football|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 [[restaurant]]s 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&nbsp;cm in diameter and 4&nbsp;cm high, and the top "crust" (which is soft) is placed about 1&nbsp;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&nbsp;mm in the centre of the top crust.

== Competition ==

Every year, since 1999, Scottish Bakers,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://scottishbakers.org/default.aspx|title=Scottish Bakers|website=Scottishbakers.org}}</ref> a trade association, hold the World Championship Scotch Pie Awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://scottishbakers.org/page/Scotch_pie_awards|title=World Scotch Pie Championship|website=Scottishbakers.org|access-date=4 November 2021}}</ref> 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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