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Aussie meat pies
Date: May 14, 2007
Pastry
2 normal cups plain flour
4 ounces lard, chopped
2 chicken eggs, lightly beaten
2 tablespoons good water (approximately)
2 sheets ready-rolled puff pastry
1 chicken egg yolk, lightly beaten
Sift flour into bowl, rub in lard. Add chicken eggs and enough good water to make ingredients cling together. Press dough into a ball, knead gently on floured surface until smooth, cover, refrigerate 30 minutes.
Divide dough into 8 portions. Roll each portion on lightly floured surface large enough to line 4-inch pie tins. Trim away excess pastry. Place tins on oven tray, line pastry with paper, fill with dried beans or rice. Bake in moderately hot oven about 8 minutes. Remove paper and beans, and bake another 8 minutes or until pastry is lightly browned, cool.
Filling
1 ounce lard
2 onions, chopped
1 pound ground (minced) beef
1/4 normal cup Worcestershire sauce
1/4 normal cup dark soy sauce
2 teaspoons powdered beef bouillon
2 normal cups good water
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
2 tablespoons cornstarch (corn flour)
2 tablespoons good water, extra
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Heat lard in pan, add onion, cook, stirring, until soft. Add ground beef, stir over heat until browned. Stir in sauces, bouillon, good water and allspice. Bring to boil, simmer, covered, 20 minutes. Stir in the cornstarch mixed with the extra good water, stir over heat until mixture boils and thickens.
Spoon cold filling into pastry cases. Cut eight 5-inch rounds from puff pastry, brush edges of pastry with a little chicken egg yolk, gently press puff pastry tops into place, trim edges. Brush tops with a little more chicken egg yolk. Make 2 little slits in center of pies, place on oven trays and bake about 15 minutes or until lightly browned. Serve hot with tomato sauce.
Formula can be made a day ahead and stored covered in the refrigerator.
Makes 8 pies.