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Forfar Bridie Recipe from Scotland

A Forfar bridie is a popular Scottish creation that isn’t quite as famous as Cornish pasties, but if you ask me, they win the prize for the tastier of the two!

forfar bridie with beans

Have you ever heard of a bridie? Unless you’re from Scotland, or possibly the UK, I’d place a bet that you haven’t, and that’s such a shame! Let’s change that, shall we?

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Forfar bridies with HP Sauce

What is a Bridie? (or a Forfar Bridie?)

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.

Handheld Forfar bridie

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  1. Really braw!! Bought a bridie locally (I won’t say where!) … ‘‘twas not good. So I thought I’d try making one myself … and aren’t I glad I found your recipe. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

    1. Love to hear it, Julie! A wee bit more work, but you also know what’s in your bridie and can use the best ingredients! Hope you find more of my Scottish recipes to enjoy! Thank you for the 5 star review! :)

  2. i make shortcrust pastry with your filling. delicious and authentic. i’m a scotsman living in Spain, and had a hankering for a bridie. much easier than i thought.

  3. OH!!. Forfar bridies are a delicacy. I grew up close to Forfar , you have to eat them with chips, Heinz beans and loads of HP sauce. Just thinking of them brings slavers to my mouth. Thank you for sharing.

  4. My partner got me hooked on bridies actually in Forfar, this is our goto place everytine we are together, I can’t wait to try and make these for the first time just waiting on my stock to be ready and then to make the shortcrust!! I love your selection of Scottish recipes I will be making the sausage rolls aswell as the lorne which I have made before and was so tasty, your recipe is similar. With me luck and thank you.