Minced Beef Pies
Delicious homemade minced beef pies with a hot water crust pastry.
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- •2 tablespoons Olive oil
- •2 Onionsdiced
- •500 g Minced beef5% fat content
- •Black pepperto taste
- •Saltto taste
- •2 cubes Beef stockor natural beef stock
- •2 teaspoons Corn flourmixed with cold water
- •240 ml Waterfor pastry
- •100 g Butterfor pastry
- •100 g Lardfor pastry
- •500 g Plain flourfor pastry
- •1 count Eggfor egg wash
- •1 dash Milkfor egg wash
- 1
Heat olive oil in a pan over medium heat. Add diced onions and cook until soft and starting to color.
5 min
- 2
Add minced beef to the onions. Cook until separated and lightly browned, about 10 minutes.
10 min
- 3
Season with black pepper and salt. Add beef stock and thicken with corn flour mixed with cold water.
5 min
- 4
Cool the filling completely before using.
30 min
- 5
For pastry, heat water, butter, and lard until melted. Mix with plain flour and salt to form dough.
10 min
- 6
Divide dough into portions for pie bases and lids. Roll out each portion separately.
10 min
- 7
Preheat oven to 170°C (340°F). Grease pie tins and line with pastry bases.
5 min
- 8
Fill pastry bases with cooled beef filling. Cover with pastry lids, crimp edges, and cut vents.
10 min
- 9
Brush pies with egg wash. Bake for 45 minutes until golden brown.
45 min
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