Nigeria Meat Pie Recipe

Nigeria meat pie is one of the meat snacks recipemade with minced meat, potatoes and carrot filling.I have never seen any Nigeria that does not like meat pie. Recipe



   *Recipe*
*For the dough*


*1kg of flour
*500g of butter or  margarine
*2 tablespoon of baking powder
*pinch of salt
*125 ml of fresh cold water.
*1 or 2 eggs for egg wash.


*For the filling*

*500g of minced meat
*2 carrot
*2 potatoes
*1 onion
*salt
*thyme teaspoon
*maggi cube 1-2
*3 tablespoon of vegetable oil
*2 tablespoon of flour
*water 250ml/ 1 cup



  *Direction*
             
                  *For the filling*

Clean and chop the onion;  Place a sauce pan  (pot) over the heat, add the vegetable oil and allow to heat, then add the chopped onion to the oil. Cook the onion for 2 minutes, add the minced meat into it stir and allow them to cook until the water from the meat is dried.

While the meat is cooking; peel and wash the potatoes and carrot, cut them in cubes.


Add the seasoning, thymy, salt and the maggi cubes you are using into the cooking meat. Whem the water in the meat are fully dried add the chopped potatoes and carrot into the cooking minced meat; sitr and allow them to continue cooking until the vegetables become tender.

Mix the flour together with the water;( Normally i don't use the flour) (What i do is to add enough water, cook them on a very low heat for some hours this will keep the meat pie filling very soft and out of dring after baking)But If you are not confident go ahead and use the flour process which work very well as well.  pure the flour and water mixture into the meat mixture stir and allow to continue cooking on a low heat until they are well cooked.  Then set aside.


While the fillings are cooking...  Move over to the dough


    *For the dough*


On a large bowl, Add the flour and the buuter. Make sure the butter or  margarine you are using are cold. not solf for a better result.

Mix togther the butter and the flour with a tip of your fingrs.  Mix until the butter and the butter are well combined.

Then start adding the cold fresh water in a bits and at the same time start folding the mix till they form thick nice dough. You can use your dough machine for this.

  For me i always allow them to rest in the refrigerator for at list 30 minutes before rolling them. But you can go ahead to start making the meat pie without allowing them to rest; but is best if you allow them to rest at list 30 minutes.




Afterwards:

Pre heat your oven at 180dg. I love to use oven papper on my oven tray but if you do not have oven paper rub in butter into your oven tray.

Break 1 egg into a little bowl ans whisk.

Remove the dough from the fridge and start kneadin. Knead the dough, and roll it out to achive a 5 -6mm thickness.
 Start cutting them with a your cutter be it round or any shape.

 After cutting the dough into the shape of your choice.

Scoop some meat filling into the center of the round cuts, the quantity should be such that you can comfortably cover the dough without overflows of the filling. Do do worry if you get the first and the second one wrong, because at some point you will know the right amount to add to it as you proceed with the feeling.  So After sooping the dough into the meat pie;

Rub the beaten eggs on the inside edge of the dough, then close with the other half part of the dough. Repeat the same until you are done filling the meat pie.

Add them into the oven tray and use a brush to egg wash them. The egg wash will make the dough to become  golden brown after baking them.  Bake them for 30-40 minutes at 180dg or until they become golden brow just like you see  on the photos here.

And here you have your meat pie. The famouse Nigeria meat pie. Hope you give it a try....

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