Meat pie recipe

Name: Meat pie recipe
Cuisine: Nigerian
Ingredients: Making the dough; 1kg plain flour; 2 tablespoon of baking powder; 500g margarine; 2 pinches of salt; half cup of cold water; For the meat fillings; 2 medium Irish potato; 2 medium carrots; 500g minced meat; 1 medium onion; 2 cubes seasoning; 2 tablespoon of plain flour; a teaspoon of thyme; a cup of cold water; to taste salt

Dantikitchen @cook_9085686

Lagos, Nigeria

Meat pies are enjoyed when moist and with enough tasty fillings. It is the fillings that gives 80% of its unique taste.

Dantikitchen @cook_9085686

Lagos, Nigeria

Meat pies are enjoyed when moist and with enough tasty fillings. It is the fillings that gives 80% of its unique taste.

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Ingredients

Making the dough
1kg plain flour
2 tablespoonof baking powder
500g margarine
2 pinches of salt
half cupof cold water
For the meat fillings
2 medium Irish potato
2 medium carrots
500g mincedmeat
1 mediumonion
2 cubesseasoning
2 tablespoonof plain flour
a teaspoon of thyme
a cup of cold water
to tastesalt

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Steps

1

Peel the Irish potato and scrape the carrots, wash and cut these two into tiny cubes
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Wash and slice the onions into tiny pieces
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With your cooker or stove set to medium heat, heat the vegetable oil in a pot add the diced onions and stir
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Add minced meat and stir vigorously till the minced meat turns pale
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Add a cup of water, seasoning cubes and thyme
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Cover pot and once the content of the pot starts boiling, add diced carrots and potatoes
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Cook till everything is done
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Dissolve 2 table spoon of plain flour in half cup of cold water and add to the meat pie filling so as to keep the filling from drying up while baking
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Add salt to taste, Stir the content and turn off heat and Set aside
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Preparing the dough: Put 1kg of flour in a sizeable bowl, Add 2 teaspoon of baking powder and 2 pinches of salt
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Use the tablespoon to scope the margarine in a small bit into the bowl of flour. The smaller u make the bit of flour the easier it will be to be mixed into flour
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Now start adding cold water in bit while at the same time folding the mix till a stiff ball of dough is formed, Knead the dough very well, put back in the bowl and leave to rest for 5-7 minutes; This makes the dough ore elastic
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Set your oven to 170°c and leave to pre heat; Rub margarine on the inside of the oven to prevent the neat pies from getting burnt while baking, Knead the dough some more. Use a cutter to make round cuts on the rolled out dough. Remove the excess dough leaving behind the round cuts
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Scoop some meat pie filling into the center of the round dough leaving behind the round cuts the quantity should be such that you can comfortably close the dough without overflows. Whisk egg, 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 it is being baked
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Fold one part of the dough to meet the other end then use a fork to press the two edges together, Set the tray in the pre heated oven for about 30-40 minutes
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Note this time depends on the type of oven and heating capacity of your oven. The meat pie is done when it browns