MEAT PIE
Recipes:
For Dough:
Baking powder 1TBS
Flour 500g
Butter 250g
Salt pinch
Water ¼cup
For filling:
Minced meat
Carrot
Irish potatoes
Thyme
Flour for thickness
Water
Stock cube
Seasoning
Dry pepper
Procedures:
For fillings;
Peel and dice the Irish potatoes. Wash & dice the onion into tiny shape.
On medium heat, heat the vegetable oil in a pot, add the diced onions and stir fry abit, add
minced meat and continue stirring till the meat turns pale(change color)
Add little water, stock cubes and thyme, cover the pot and when the contents of the pot
begin to boil, add the diced carrots and potatoes and cook till everything is well done.
Dissolve 1TBS of flour in little water and add to the meat pie filling on fire.
This is to keep
the meat pie filling juicy, so that the filling does not dry up during baking.
Add salt to taste,
stir the contents and turn off the heat and set aside.
For the Dough
Sieve the flour, salt and baking powder in a bowl.
Mix the flour and butter till it looks like
breadcrumbs.
Add water in bits while folding the mixture at the same time till stiff ball of dough is formed.
Knead the dough very well, put back in a bowl and leave to rest for 5 to 7
min. It makes the dough elastic.
Roll out the dough, place in meat pie cutter or use a round sizeable plate to make round cuts on the rolled out dough cut, fill, fold and close.
Preheat in your oven and leave, while you continue with the meat pie.
Rub butter on the inside of the oven tray and set aside. This will keep the meat pie from burning or sticking to the tray during baking.
Break the egg and set aside.
Rub the egg on the inside edge of the cut meat pie dough (this is to ensure that your meat pie is perfectly sealed and does not open up while baking.
Fold one part of the dough to meet the other end and use fork to press the two edge together to close tightly.
Place in the oven tray and rub the beaten egg on the top surface of
the meat pie, this gives the pie a golden brown look when done.
Repeat the previous step till
all the cut out dough is exhausted.
Set the tray in the preheated oven and bake for 20-30min. This time depend on the type and heating capacity of your oven.
Remove when it start to turn brown and serve.
Recipes:
For Dough:
Baking powder 1TBS
Flour 500g
Butter 250g
Salt pinch
Water ¼cup
For filling:
Minced meat
Carrot
Irish potatoes
Thyme
Flour for thickness
Water
Stock cube
Seasoning
Dry pepper
Procedures:
For fillings;
Peel and dice the Irish potatoes. Wash & dice the onion into tiny shape.
On medium heat, heat the vegetable oil in a pot, add the diced onions and stir fry abit, add
minced meat and continue stirring till the meat turns pale(change color)
Add little water, stock cubes and thyme, cover the pot and when the contents of the pot
begin to boil, add the diced carrots and potatoes and cook till everything is well done.
Dissolve 1TBS of flour in little water and add to the meat pie filling on fire.
This is to keep
the meat pie filling juicy, so that the filling does not dry up during baking.
Add salt to taste,
stir the contents and turn off the heat and set aside.
For the Dough
Sieve the flour, salt and baking powder in a bowl.
Mix the flour and butter till it looks like
breadcrumbs.
Add water in bits while folding the mixture at the same time till stiff ball of dough is formed.
Knead the dough very well, put back in a bowl and leave to rest for 5 to 7
min. It makes the dough elastic.
Roll out the dough, place in meat pie cutter or use a round sizeable plate to make round cuts on the rolled out dough cut, fill, fold and close.
Preheat in your oven and leave, while you continue with the meat pie.
Rub butter on the inside of the oven tray and set aside. This will keep the meat pie from burning or sticking to the tray during baking.
Break the egg and set aside.
Rub the egg on the inside edge of the cut meat pie dough (this is to ensure that your meat pie is perfectly sealed and does not open up while baking.
Fold one part of the dough to meet the other end and use fork to press the two edge together to close tightly.
Place in the oven tray and rub the beaten egg on the top surface of
the meat pie, this gives the pie a golden brown look when done.
Repeat the previous step till
all the cut out dough is exhausted.
Set the tray in the preheated oven and bake for 20-30min. This time depend on the type and heating capacity of your oven.
Remove when it start to turn brown and serve.