Meat pie recipe

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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.

Meat pie recipe

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

  1. Making the dough
  2. 1kg plain flour
  3. 2 tablespoonof baking powder
  4. 500g margarine
  5. 2 pinches of salt
  6. half cupof cold water
  7. For the meat fillings
  8. 2 medium Irish potato
  9. 2 medium carrots
  10. 500g mincedmeat
  11. 1 mediumonion
  12. 2 cubesseasoning
  13. 2 tablespoonof plain flour
  14. a teaspoon of thyme
  15. a cup of cold water
  16. to tastesalt

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Peel the Irish potato and scrape the carrots, wash and cut these two into tiny cubes

  2. 2

    Wash and slice the onions into tiny pieces

  3. 3

    With your cooker or stove set to medium heat, heat the vegetable oil in a pot add the diced onions and stir

  4. 4

    Add minced meat and stir vigorously till the minced meat turns pale

  5. 5

    Add a cup of water, seasoning cubes and thyme

  6. 6

    Cover pot and once the content of the pot starts boiling, add diced carrots and potatoes

  7. 7

    Cook till everything is done

  8. 8

    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

  9. 9

    Add salt to taste, Stir the content and turn off heat and Set aside

  10. 10

    Preparing the dough: Put 1kg of flour in a sizeable bowl, Add 2 teaspoon of baking powder and 2 pinches of salt

  11. 11

    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

  12. 12

    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

  13. 13

    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

  14. 14

    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

  15. 15

    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

  16. 16

    Note this time depends on the type of oven and heating capacity of your oven. The meat pie is done when it browns

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