Meat pie. This French Canadian meat pie is hearty, satisfying, and easy to make so it's a great choice for a holiday main course. Visually impressive, relatively affordable, and best served at room temperature, so a tourtiere doesn't require any kind of precise timing. I got the recipe from my husband's mother.
It's yummy and pretty easy to make too! Best served fresh, but you can also make ahead and freeze or refrigerate. When pork is cooked remove fat from pan. You can cook Meat pie using 9 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Meat pie
- Prepare 6 cups of flour, 2 tablespoons sugar.
- It's 2 of eggs.
- You need Teaspoon of baking powder.
- It's Teaspoon of salt.
- Prepare 250 g of butter (1simas).
- You need 10 of medium potatoes.
- It's 3 of carrots, cubed.
- Prepare 1 kg of minced beef.
- It's of Seasonings and spices.
The pie came out tasting almost exactly like the ones we used to make! I added a pinch more salt and a little allspice to the recipe, also a teaspoon of poultry seasoning along with the sage that this recipe called for. I have saved this recipe and will continue the old tradition of meat pies for Thanksgiving and New Years Eve. The star of any meat pie recipe is obviously the meat, and we're making this Cajun classic recipe with ground beef, as per tradition.
Meat pie step by step
- In a bowl sift flour, add baking powder,salt and sugar and stir. Crack in the eggs and add the butter. Give it a nice mix.gradually add water bit by bit until a dough is achieved (not too hard). Knead for about 10mins and cover for 7-10mins. Set aside..
- In a pan add 2 tablespoons veg oil and Head. Add sliced onions and fry till translucent. Add minced meat and stir. Fry till meat turns light brown. add salt, maggi,curry,thyme and little mixed spices. Stir well and add in your diced carrots and Irish potatoes. Stir for 3mins and then add 1 cup cold water. Stir and allow to cook till water absorbs almost completely. Mix 2 tablespoons flour with some water and pour into the pot. Reduce heat and stir for 1min..
- Remove from heat and allow to cool completely. Now bring out the meat pie dough and knead. Make small flat balls and roll. Place on a meat pie cutter then fill as desired. Cut out excess dough and repeat process till you're done. Arrange on a greased baking tray and egg wash. Bake in a preheated oven till golden brown. Enjoy!.
Cook until the meat is no longer pink, then add remaining ingredients mixing well. Allow flavors to blend for a few minutes, then remove from heat. On a floured surface roll out one of the dough balls to fit into a sprayed pie dish. Pour the meat filling inside the dough. Roll out the other dough ball, and place on top of the meat, fluting the.