Beef Pies

Name: Beef Pies
Yield: dough
Cuisine: Nigerian
Ingredients: 4 cups Flour; 250 g Butter; 1 tsp Salt; 1 tbsp Baking powder; 1 Egg; Cold water; Half kg Minced meat; Onions; Garlic/ginger paste; Carrots; 4 Boiled potatoes; Seasoning/spices

khadeejah Abubakar @cook_15377239

Kano, Nigeria

Just because I love pies!!! #kitchenhuntchallenge

khadeejah Abubakar @cook_15377239

Kano, Nigeria

Just because I love pies!!! #kitchenhuntchallenge

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Ingredients

dough

4 cupsFlour
250 gButter
1 tspSalt
1 tbspBaking powder
1Egg
Cold water
Filling
Halfkg Minced meat
Onions
Garlic/ginger paste
Carrots
4Boiled potatoes
Seasoning/spices

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Steps

1

First prepare the filling by stir frying minced meat, add onions & garlic/ginger paste. Allow it to cook.
2

Then add salt, baking powder, egg then cold water & knead. The dough should be thick.
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Then add carrot, potatoes & seasoning. And allow it to be properly done. Then set aside to cool completely.
4

For the dough, sieve flour in a bowl, add butter & mix very well until it becomes like breadcrumbs.
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Then add baking powder, salt, egg & cold water. Mix everything & set aside. The dough should be thick.
6

Time for rolling!
7

Roll the dough & scoop d filling then cover. U can use a meatpie cutter or with bare hands & pinch with a fork. Before closing it, rub a mixture of flour & water by d edge & close it.
8

Repeat same process for the rest & arrange on a buttered baking tray. Then apply eggwash for that golden shiny look & bake.
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Note: if u want to fry it then no need for eggwash.