Traditional Scottish Forfar Bridie Recipe Beef Pastry from Scotland

These traditional Scottish Forfar Bridies orignate from Forfar in Scotland. They are a traditional meat pastry which is thought to date back to the 19th century and thought to be served to the bride on her wedding day, hence the horseshoe shape. Another story is that they were made by a lady called Margaret Bridie and got the name from her. I guess we may never know the true origin of the name but they sure are delicious! You can print out the recipe from my website blog here: Tag me in Instagram pics or join my page here:   / theweelarder   Pop over and say hello on Facebook:   / theweelarderangiemilne   These meat pastries are traditionally made with finely chopped beef steak which is steamed in an enclosed pastry. Sometimes they are made with onions traditionally and sometimes they are not. I like mine with onions and have included that in the recipe here. You can make them without onions if you prefer. Traditionally they sue a shortcrust in many recipes but I used a puff pastry so if you want to be authentic go with shortcrust. The reason I used puff is because the kids lvoe puff pastry and it worked really well using the puff so either pastries will do. I also used a pre-made pastry (I know I know!) one day I will learn how to make puff pastry properly.