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MINI MEAT PIES

April 30, 2012 By Manu 17 Comments

Mini Meat Pies

You cannot get more Aussie than this: meat pie is an iconic Australian dish and it had to be a part of my “Come have some Aussie tucker, mate!” 24×24 event.  You can get it almost anywhere and there are also shops that only sell these.  They can be made with different fillings (chicken and mushrooms is another popular kind) and, if made bigger, I would recommend you use chuck steak and that you cut it in small pieces.  I used minced beef as I thought the meat would get better distributed in my smaller pies.  And it did!  These came out yummy!  To get the “perfect” pie, you will need two different pastries: shortcrust for a tender base and puff pastry for a crispy lid.  They are to be served with tomato sauce (aka ketchup) and, if served as a main dish, some mash and peas.  Enjoy!

 

Recipe adapted from Reader’s Digest

Ingredients:
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 onion, finely chopped
500 gms – 1.1 lbs. minced beef
2 tbsp flour
80 ml – 1/3 cup tomato sauce (ketchup)
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
300 ml – 1 ¼ cups beef stock
2 tbsp parsley, chopped
Salt & Pepper
4 sheets frozen shortcrust pastry, thawed
4 sheets frozen puff pastry, thawed
1 egg, beaten

To make the filling, sauté the chopped onion with the extra virgin olive oil until soft and translucent.  Add the minced beef and cook, breaking up the lumps with a wooden spoon, until the mince is brown.  Now sprinkle the flour over the meat and cook for 1 minute.  Add the ketchup, Worcestershire sauce and beef stock. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Add the parsley and season with salt and pepper. Remove from the heat and keep aside to cool completely.

Cut out circles from the shortcrust pastry and use them to line the base and sides of muffin tins. Fill the pastry with the meat mixture.  Cut out circles from the puff pastry. Brush the shortcrust pastry edges of the pies with water and cover the top with the puff pastry circles, pressing and crimping the edges together.  Make a small cross in the centre of each pie with a sharp knife and brush with eggwash.

Bake in a pre heated oven at 200°C – 390°F for 10 minutes.  Then reduce the oven temperature to 180° C – 350°F and bake for 20 minutes more, or until puffed and golden.

Mini Meat Pies

Serve warm with tomato sauce (aka ketchup).

Mini Meat Pies

It is the end of the month again!  Which means it is time to check out the great round up that Nancy from Spicie Foodie has put together of some of the best recipes from the blogosphere!  Check out Your Best Recipe of April!  I am contributing my Eggplant & Tri-colour Goat Cheese Mille-Feuille on Couscous to it!  Have fun!


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Comments

  1. Kiri W. says

    May 1, 2012 at 12:58 am

    These are so cute! They look delicious, too, genius portion control 🙂

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  2. Priscilla M says

    May 1, 2012 at 3:35 am

    I always love mini sized food. So perfect for my kids’ lunches at school. Look so delicious!

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  3. Michelle says

    May 1, 2012 at 9:09 am

    gorgeous!!

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  4. Cristy says

    May 1, 2012 at 9:12 am

    That does it. I’m moving to Australia!!!! Cute food and great cooks with adorable kids. What more could you possibly need out of life???

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  5. Flavors of the Sun says

    May 1, 2012 at 9:13 am

    I love the idea of these mini pies–comfort food at its best! I also made your beautiful eggplant and goat cheese napoleons and got rave reviews! Thanks so much for your inspiring recipes.

    Reply
  6. Alex says

    May 1, 2012 at 11:25 am

    Homemade party pies! They look delicious.

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  7. [email protected] says

    May 1, 2012 at 11:45 am

    Oh these are so cute, I am a sucker for anything mini.

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  8. mjskit says

    May 2, 2012 at 12:09 am

    Who does love meat pies!?! I normally see them in half moon shapes but I love these like muffin pan pies! I just want to bite into one!

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  9. elies lie says

    May 2, 2012 at 12:38 am

    This mini pies will surely become a fav in my house since all of us love pies 😀
    Tq for the recipe manu!
    I pass on 2 award for u at my post here : http://elieslie.blogspot.com/2012/05/ribbon-kyuri-salad-with-asian-dressing.html
    grab it! a very well deserve award for u my friend! 😉
    have a great week ahead for u and ur family!
    *bless*

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  10. Monet says

    May 2, 2012 at 8:51 am

    Yum! My husband’s best friend lives in Australia. We will have to make these in his honor! Thank you for sharing. I’m glad I found your blog 🙂

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  11. bilbaobab says

    May 2, 2012 at 6:40 pm

    YUM!!! could never get enough of pot pies!!! I just got back from Melbourne and ate lots of pies! Possibly the best!!

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  12. Beth Michelle says

    May 2, 2012 at 10:33 pm

    These little pies look awesome Manu!

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  13. [email protected] in disguise says

    August 26, 2012 at 5:58 pm

    I love the fact that these use two kinds of pastry
    My kids would LOVE these
    Thank you for sharing these Manu

    Reply

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