9 hours ago, Anna N said:I had not planned on dipping into my stash of crusty goodies so soon but by 6 PM yesterday evening I realized that I was downright hungry and that I had hardly eaten anything all day. Choices. Choices. Sometimes you can have just too many of them. But the Scottish meat pie won.
I reheated it at 350°F for 30 minutes. It didn’t seem to take on very much color. When I broke into it I was a little disturbed by the color. I was certain that it was beef but this looked much more like pork. I checked the ingredients and it certainly said beef.
As. you can probably see the meat is clumpy. That’s the best word I can come up with. But despite all these apparent anomalies (as compared to my expectations), the filling was well seasoned and quite palatable. It was a little like eating meatballs though. I had hesitated initially whether I should reheat one or two of these. I am glad I opted for only one because it was very filling.
The crust is sturdy. It’s not horrible but neither is it particularly appealing either in taste, it has very little, or texture so I did not finish the bottom casing.
Overall it was nowhere near my favourite but it did have its own appeal and I will certainly eat the second one.
Now, a proper Scotch pie (not Scottish pie, and Scotch can only be applied to foods and whisky - never to people) is not complete unless the depression on top is filled with mashed potatoes, Heinz beans or both! Some come with curry sauce - never been there. Also, they are usually made from lamb. That said it is at least 40 years since I ate any type of Scotch pie.
