A Scottish Forfar bridie is a meat and onion filled pastry that is popular in Scotland. The traditional and authentic Forfar version uses shortcrust pastry, however, bridies are often made with flaky pastry in Scotland. In the US and Canada, it would be referred to as a handheld meat pie.
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 large onion, finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon dijon mustard
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 3/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 tablespoons beef or vegetable stock
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, cold and cut into small cubes
- 1 (16 oz) package puff pastry or 1 (14 oz) package empanada baking discs, thawed
- 1 egg white
