NIGERIAN MEAT PIE!!!

HELLO FOODIE FAM!!! 😎

Nigerian meat pies are all shades of tasty and yummy! You can never go wrong with using meat pies for mid day snacks.😋

 

I started making meat pies since I was 10. 😉

  So you guys can imagine how good I am in making meat pies. *bashes eyelashes* Yassssss! All thanks to my mommy. 😤 L O L. Meat pies can either be very good or very bad. There are no in between.  I really don't like taking snacks I didn't make myself, no matter how hungry I get. I'll just make do with gala or biscuits. So I don't fall prey of Bad meat pies. It just doesn't happen.😊

Darlings, bad meat pies are just as bad as bad. (Pun fully intended) and if you do not want to fall prey of bad meat pies, just stick around and let us do some learning together!

Enough story 'Bimbola! Get on with the recipe...

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    INGREDIENTS.

The number of meat pies you will get depends on the size of the pie cutter you use. This cutter will give you about 20 meat pies with this recipe.

      

Meat pie Pastry:

1kg plain flour (All Purpose or Confectionery Flour)

2 teaspoons baking powder

500g of Margarine (I prefer simas margarine)

Pinch of salt.

½ cup of cold water (because

 Meat pie Filling:

2 medium sized Irish potatoes

2 medium carrots

500g of minced meat

1 medium onion

2 cooking spoons of vegetable oil

2 Knorr cubes

1 teaspoon of curry and thyme

2 tablespoons plain flour

1 cup of water

1 Egg

Salt to taste

DIRECTIONS

It is better you prepare the pastry first, cos it will give it more time to rest while preparing the filling.

1. Put the 1 kg of flour in a sizeable bowl; add 2 teaspoons of baking powder and 2 pinches of salt. Basically add all the 'dry' ingredients together. Do not add too much salt cos the real taste comes from the filling.

2. Scoop the margarine in small bits into the bowl of flour. The smaller you make the bits of margarine, the easier it will be for you to rub them into

the flour.

3. Use your hands to rub the margarine into the flour. Make sure you rub all the ingredients very well.

4. Now start adding cold water in bits while at the same time folding the mix till a stiff ball of dough is formed. About half cup of water is enough to make the pastry stiff.

5. Knead the pastry very well, put back in the bowl and keep for later for about 5 minutes. It will make the pastry more elastic..

For The Filling:

6.  Peel the Irish potatoes, wash and cut into tiny cubes. Scrape the carrots, wash and cut into tiny cubes. Wash and dice the onions into tiny pieces.

7. Heat the vegetable oil in a pot, add the diced onions and stir for a

bit, add the minced meat/corned beef and stir vigorously till the color turns pale.

8. Dissolve 2 tablespoons of plain flour in half cup of cold water, this will be added to the meat pie filling. Flour is added so the filling will be moist and won't dry up while baking.

9. Add 1 cup of water, Knorr cubes, thyme and the dissolved flour. Cover the pot and once the contents of the pot starts boiling, add the diced carrots and potatoes and cook till everything is well done. It is advised you add the diced carrots and potatoes late so it won't overcook and be mashy.

10. Add salt to taste.

 

PREPARATION

1. Set your oven to about 170°C (335°F) and allow preheating while you are making the meat pie. Endeavour not to set your oven too high or too low.  Meat pies are best baked with medium heat.

2. Rub margarine or vegetable oil on the insides of the oven tray so that the undersides of the meat pies do not burn or stick to the tray during baking.

3. Knead the pastry some more, roll it out with a rolling pin to, it should not be too thick or thin.

5. Place the rolled out pastry on a meat pie cutter and scoop some filling into the center of the dough. Don't over fill the dough so it won't spill or open up while baking.

6.Fold one part of the pastry to meet the other end, since you're using a meat pie cutter, you don't need to use a fork to press the two edges together. Thing is, if you do not over fill the dough with the filling, you can be sure it is perfectly sealed.  You can as well rub the egg on the inside edge of the meat pie dough to be on the safe side.  Remove the excess dough from the cutter, if there is.

7. Place your pies in the oven tray and arrange them neatly and repeat the previous steps till all the dough is exhausted.

8. Break an egg, beat it and set aside.

9.  Rub the egg on the meat pies. This gives the meat pie a golden brown color when done. I prefer rubbing the eggs say after 15 minutes of baking. It makes it so looks so yummy!

10. Place the tray in the preheated oven and bake for an average of 45 minutes. You can confirm that the meatpie is done when the colour starts browning. You can always open the oven to check. Endeavour not to over check the oven so the heat won't escape.

 

This, my brethren is how to make Yummy Meat pies! Do not entertain any atom of fear for gossake. Meat pies are actually very easy to make. You will see for yourself that it is an easy and straight-forward recipe when you actually do it.  Don't forget to tag me on all my social media platforms when you do!

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