Mutton pies are a dish made with mutton and pastry shell. Classic English mutton pies have mutton, gravy, and spices in a suet pie shell. Mince pies and squab pies also used mutton in the past. Indian mutton pies use yeast bread or have English influences. The recipe for mutton pies requires a dough made from hot water, flour, and suet or lard, with minced mutton, gravy, onions, salt, and pepper inside. Mince pies were once made with ground mutton, flavored with nutmeg, cloves, salt, pepper, and dried fruits. Squab pies were made with mutton, sliced apples, and onions. Indian mutton pies may have developed through British influence.
Mutton pies can generally be defined as a dish involving mutton cooked in a type of pastry shell. A classic English mutton pie is generally a large dish containing mutton, gravy and spices in a pie shell made from suet. Mince pie was once made with mutton, although the crust contained sugar and was sweet, and sometimes even had dried fruit inside. Squab pie was once made from mutton and also included apples and a sweet crust. Indian mutton pies either use yeast bread or have English influences and use savory dough doughs.
The classic recipe for mutton pies requires very little work. The pie shell is made from a dough made from hot water, flour, and suet or lard. This dough can be coated on the bottom of the baking dish or made so that it just covers the top. The ingredients inside are minced mutton, sometimes minced depending on the size of the pan, gravy from the mutton and some onions, salt and pepper. Scottish versions tend to be smaller, single-serving sizes, and can be eaten without utensils.
An old recipe for mince pies actually qualifies them as mutton pies. Ground mutton was used as a base for stuffing, sometimes with other meats. The cakes were flavored with nutmeg, cloves, salt, pepper and dried fruits such as raisins. Suet has also been added to the filling. It has become traditional to eat mince pies during the holiday season, although some of the ingredients have changed over time and are often not made with mutton as the main ingredient in the early 21st century.
One version of Squab Pie uses mutton as a filling. These mutton pies are baked in a dish with shortbread on top of the filling but not under or around it. The mutton is mixed with sliced apples and onions and cooked. There are versions of squab pie that contain squab, although the use of mutton and apples is thought to be meant to simulate this taste.
In India, mutton is regularly used in different dishes. There are Indian mutton pies, although they may have developed through the influence of the British. One version involves layering mutton with garlic, onions, tomatoes, potatoes and butter or ghee in a pan and then placing leavened wheat bread that has been soaked in water or milk and cooking it until done.
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