How to Make Perfect Pastry for meat pies

Pastry for meat pies. Meat pies are pies with savory fillings of meat and other ingredients. Any party or potluck in Australia, South Africa, UK, New Zealand, Canada, Europe, Nigeria, Ghana and Canada is just incomplete without a meat pie on the counters. The perfect pastry for all meals!

Cut puff pastry sheet into six squares. Spoon mixture into each square; fold and seal. The pork adds a little fat so this will help to keep the pie succulent and moist. You can cook Pastry for meat pies using 6 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Pastry for meat pies

1. You need 1/3 cup of water.
2. You need 1/4 pound of lard.
3. Prepare 2 cup of all purpose flour.
4. You need 1 tablespoon of milk.
5. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of salt.
6. It's As needed of flour for dusting.

For the pastry, I have used our Lovefoodies Shortcrust Pastry recipe. This, in my opinion, is by far the best pastry to use for making this meat pie. The pastry is light and crispy, a little flaky and buttery. Made famous in Central Louisiana, Natchitoches Meat Pies are traditional savory hand pies.

Pastry for meat pies step by step

1. Heat till the lard has melted..
2. Heat the milk, lard, water, and salt..
3. Add lard mixture to the flour and incorporate well..
4. Roll out the dough..
5. Dust with a bit of flour to keep from sticking. Use right away..

Learn how to make this handheld meat pie recipe with a flavorful Panorama Meats ground beef filling, wrapped in a flaky pastry crust. They're perfect for sharing at any type of gathering. Meat pie is pastry filled with meat and sometimes vegetables like carrots, peas and potatoes are added. The pastry used is shortcrust or puff pastry, the filling is made with ground beef/minced beef, chopped onions, beef broth and spices to make rich beef filling. I personally like making pies with shortcrust pastry.