Meat Pies
MEAT PIES!!!!! (Yes I was screaming this in my head). I'll tell you why.
But first! I have been doing this for a long time and I recently decided to make my food accessible to those around me! Birthdays, office events, small parties, office potlucks, Thanksgiving dinners, private catering? I am your guy!
I started writing this post about two months ago, I didn't post it because I really wanted to perfect it and make sure the measurements were spot on. I called my mum (shout out to Mrs. Smith) and asked her for her meat pie recipe, she wrote it, scanned it, and emailed it to me about 3 pages! I wish she was this enthusiastic some years ago when I asked for a second helping of meat from the pot, I wouldn't have had to stea... nvm.
To today's recipe. This is a meat-filled pastry... (okay Tobi Mr. Obvious). Trust me this recipe is foolproof. I will detail how not to and how to have the perfect Meat Pie.
Ingredients
- Salt
- 1 Egg
- 5 Carrots
- 4 Potatoes
- Bay Leaves
- 1 Onion Bulb
- Thyme
- Curry
- Garlic Powder
- Ginger Powder
- 200 g of Butter
- 3 Cups of Flour
- 1 Seasoning Cube
- 2 lbs of Ground Beef
- 1 tsp of Baking Powder
- 2/3 Cup of Ice Cold Water
Directions
- Pray to the Meat Pie gods to grant you favor. Arrange your ingredients and post a photo on your social media so they know you are about to create magic and this will motivate you to do your best.
- In a pot add your ground beef, chopped up onion, 1 tsp each of thyme, curry, ginger powder garlic powder, bay leaves, salt, and your seasoning cube. Cook this for 15 minutes.
- Peel, chop up your potatoes and carrots as finely as possible.
- Add these to the pot of cooking beef. Let this cook for about 15 more minutes.
- When this is cooked, stir it properly.
- Mix 3 Tbsps of flour in 1.5 cups of cold water and add this to the pot to thicken it. This prevents having a watery filling and keeps it moist while it bakes.
- For your dough, mix flour, baking powder, and salt and stir this together well with a whisk. Add your very cold hard butter into the flour and mix till it looks rough.
- Pour in 3/4 cups of ice cold water gradually and mix till it is all incorporated. Wrap with a film and chill in the fridge for 10 minutes then bring it out and let it sit for another 10 minutes.
- Roll the dough out on a flat surface. My mum used to use a fork to seal the edges but I use a dough press set because it is cute, I am lazy and it also makes really firmly sealed pies (these people need to pay me for this promo).
- Before you seal your pies brush the edges with egg wash.
- Place your pies on a tray and brush with egg wash. Set in the fridge for about ten minutes then make holes on them with a fork. This prevents it from opening up while baking. Bring it out the fridge then brush again with egg wash (this makes it shine briiighttt like a diamond or Fenty beauty highlighter) then bake for 35-40 minutes on 350F.
- And, you have your beautiful shiny meat pies! Enjoy!
