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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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