Homemade Meat Pie
Homemade meat filled pie
Ingredients
- 1 Tbsp Vegetable Oil
- 1 Onion, finely chopped
- 1 kg Beef Mince
- 4 Tbsp Plain flour
- 3 Cups Beef Stock
- 2 Tbsp Tomato Sauce
- 2 Tbsp BBQ Sauce
- 1 Tbsp Steak Sauce
- 1 tsp Worcestershire Sauce
- 1/2 tsp White pepper
- Pinch Salt
- Pinch Black pepper
Pies
- 2 sheets Shortcrust Pastry
- 2 sheets Puff Pastry
- 1 Egg, lightly beaten
Instructions
- Cook meat and onion in vegetable oil until browned.
- Add flour and stir over low heat 2-3 minutes.
- Add stock, sauces, salt and peppers, stir in well, bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer 30-40 minutes until thickened. Adding more stock or water if needed.
- Remove from heat and allow to cool completely.
- Thaw pastry sheets
- Preheat oven 200C
- Line a pie dish with a sheet of Shortcrust pastry, leaving an over hang of pastry.
- Spoon in the cooled pie filling.
- Dampen the edges of the pastry with water, top with a sheet of Puff Pastry pressing the pastry together.
- Trim the edges of the pastry and then crimp the pastry edge with a fork or your fingers.
- Brush the pastry top with beaten egg or spray with water.
- Bake at 200C for 30 minutes then reduce the oven temperature to 170C cook a further 20 minutes or until browned.
Notes
Pies freeze well.
Makes 2 family sized Pies or it can be made in a baking tray for an even larger pie.
Filling is great made into individual pies or party pies in a pie maker.
I love baking a large batch then freezing for later use.