Minced Beef Pie
Makes 12 - 14 pies
- Prep time
- 14 min
- Cook time
- 31 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 300 g minced beef
- 1 medium onion (diced)
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 - 2 tsp pepper (to taste)
- 2 medium size potatoes (diced)
- 1 large carrot (diced)
- 1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 beef cube
- 1 Tbsp cornflour + 50 ml water
- 500 g plain flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 Tbsp sugar
- 250 g cold unsalted butter
- 2 whole eggs
- 4 Tbsp ice water
- 1 whole egg + 1 teaspoon water
Instructions
- 1
Add diced onions to a frying pan with cooking oil.
- 2
Stir fry for about a minute and add in the minced beef.
- 3
Sprinkle salt and pepper.
- 4
Stir fry until minced beef is not red anymore.
- 5
Add diced potatoes and carrot and stir fry all the ingredients together.
- 6
Add worcestershire sauce and mix well.
- 7
Add beef cube mashed with some water and mix well.
- 8
Cover the pan and simmer at low heat until carrot and potatoes soften slightly.
- 9
Add cornflour to some water and mix until the flour is completely dissolved.
- 10
Remove the cover from the pan and pour in the cornflour slurry and mix thoroughly.
- 11
Remove from the frying pan and let it cool down in a separate bowl.
- 12
In a mixing bowl, add plain flour, baking powder, salt, sugar and mix thoroughly.
- 13
Cut cold unsalted butter into small pieces and add to the flour mixture.
- 14
Rub in the cold butter into flour until it resembles coarse breadcrumbs.
- 15
Add beaten eggs to the flour/butter mixture and mix well.
- 16
Add ice water a little at a time and knead gently until all the ingredients come together to form a smooth dough.
- 17
Store in plastic bags and refrigerate for at least 1 hour before use.
- 18
Remove pie dough from the fridge and roll it flat.
- 19
Cut to required size with a round mould.
- 20
Trim excess dough and poke holes in the base with a fork.
- 21
Spoon in the filling and cover the top with a cut out dough.
- 22
Seal edges with a fork (or pinch sides as shown in the video) and poke holes on top.
- 23
Arrange pies in a baking tray and brush the tops with egg wash.
- 24
Bake in a preheated oven at 180C until golden brown, for about 20 - 30 minutes.