Nigerian Meat Pie

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Ingredients:

For  the filling you will need:

300g of ground meat

1 onion, sliced

2 garlic gloves, crushed

1 tsp thyme leaves

1 tsp curry powder

 1 bouillon cube .

2 potatoes, cubed

1 carrots, cubed

2 tbsp oil

2 tbsp of flour, to thicken the filling

salt, to taste

2 cups of water

 For the dough, you will need:

500g all-purposed flour

200g Margarine or any butter of your choice

1 tsp baking powder

250 ml water

A whisked egg

Direction:

A-Making the Filling:

• Step 1:  Heat the oil and lightly brown the onions and garlic.
• Step 2:  Add the ground meat and fry until brown, season the meat with the thyme leaves, curry powder and the bouillon cube. Then  add a cup of water and let it cook for 5 min.
• Step 3: Add the carrots and potatoes with 1 cup of water and salt to your taste.
• Cover the pot and let it cook till everything is tender (around 15 min) .
• Step 4: Dissolve the flour in some water and add in the filling. This will thicken the filling.
• Stop the heat and let the filling completely cool down.

B-Making the dough:

• Step 1: Add the flour in a bowl with the baking powder and a pinch of salt. Then mix well.
• Step 2: Add the margarine and mix thoroughly until the mixture looks more like bread crumbs.
• Step 3: Gradually add water while mixing until you get stiff dough.
•  Now, Knead the dough well for at least 8 to 10 minutes until your dough is smooth and elastic.  Then let it rest for 5 minutes.
• Step 4:  Place the dough on a lightly floored table. Roll out the dough using your rolling pin, make sure that it is not too flat nor too thick.
•    Use a circular shaped cutter, cut the dough into medium size circles.
• Step 5: Fill it with the meat filling. You can add around a f tablespoon of the pie filling. Brush the ends with a beaten egg.
• Close and secure using a fork. Then repeat the process for all the dough
• Step 6: Transfer the meat pies on your baking tray that was greased with butter or oil .
• Rub the surface of the meat pies with a whisked egg.
• Then to Place the Meat pies in the preheated at 335°F  or 170°C and bake it for 35 minutes or until the meat pies are lightly browned.
• And your meat pies are ready.

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