The Famous Aussie Meat Pie Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a 12-cup muffin tin.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground beef and onion in the hot skillet until meat is browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. (Drain and discard grease.) Add 3/4 cup water, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, bouillon cubes, oregano, and black pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer until combined, about 10 minutes.
• Mix 1/4 cup cold water and cornstarch together in a bowl to form a paste; stir into meat mixture. Cook until thickened, about 5 minutes more. Remove from heat.
• Use a 4-inch biscuit cutter to cut the pie crusts into 12 circles. Line each muffin cup with a circle, pressing into the bottom and sides. Fill each with the meat mixture. Use a 3-inch biscuit cutter to cut puff pastry dough into 12 circles. Top each filled muffin cup with with a circle and seal edges together. Brush pastry tops with beaten egg.
• Bake in the preheated oven until crusts are brown and flaky, 15 to 20 minutes. Cool in pan before removing pies, about 10 minutes.

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven at 220 degrees Celsius.
• Brown meat and onion.
• Add 3/4 cup of the water, bouillon cubes, ketchup and Worcestershire sauce, pepper, oregano, and nutmeg.
• Boil and cover for 15 minutes.
• Blend flour with the remaining 1/4 cup water until it becomes a smooth paste; add to the meat mix.
• Let cool.
• Grease a pie dish and line with puff pastry.
• Add the cooled filling mixture; brush edges of pastry with milk or beaten egg; put the pastry top on; press edges down with a fork.
• Trim edges and glaze top with milk or beaten egg.
• Bake in a very hot oven, 220 degrees Celsius for 15 minutes.
• Reduce heat to 180 degrees Celsius and bake for 25 more minutes, or until golden brown.
• Serve with veggies, fries, or salad.

Steps:

• Trim gristle and fat from steak, cut into thin shreds, then chop very finely. Dust with flour, salt and pepper and place in the top of a double boiler or pudding pan.
• Place enough boiling water to come halfway up sides of bowl, simmer for 2 hours or until the meat is very tender. Replace water in saucepan as necessary to maintain level.
• Allow to cool completely.
• Roll out pastry dough thin and cut 3/4 of it to fit individual round, oblong or square pie tins. Line tins with dough, and fill about 3/4 full with meat filling. Cut lids from remaining dough, dampen edges and put into place .
• Cut a vent in the top of each pie for steam to escape. Chill for 15 minutes, then brush with beaten egg. Bake in a preheated hot oven (200 C / 400 F) for 25 minutes or until pastry is puffed and golden. Serve with tomato sauce (ketchup).

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Dredge beef in flour and sear in oil in a hot pan. Add the garlic and onion and saute for 4 more minutes. Add the spices, Worcestershire and soy sauce and cook until the liquid is almost dissolved. Add the stock and cook until the meat is coated in thick gravy. Transfer to a container and cool.
• Roll 2 sheets of pastry to 1/2-inch thickness. Line 8-inch tart molds with the rolled pastry. Line the pastry with tin foil and prebake for about 8 minutes. Let cool.
• Roll out the remaining pastry sheets and cut lids for the pies. Fill baked shells with the meat mixture and cover with the cut pastry lids. Attach lids with egg wash. Brush the tops with the remaining egg wash and sprinkle with black pepper.
• Bake for 8 minutes or until golden brown.

Steps:

• Brown mince.
• Add onion finely diced and brown.
• Drain off fat.
• Add stock cubes crumbled, 1-½ cups of water, salt and pepper and stir until boiling.
• Reduce heat and cover, simmering for an additional 30 minutes.
• Remove from heat.
• In a cup combine flour and extra water and stir until smooth.
• Add flour mixture to meat and stir until combined.
• Return to heat, stir until it comes to a boil and is thickened.
• Add Worcestershire sauce.
• Simmer uncovered for 10 minutes then remove from heat and refrigerate.
• Once cool fill in bottom of piecrust.
• Put top on and pierce the centre with a knife.
• Combine egg yolk with a bit of water and brush over the top.
• Follow directions on frozen pie crusts or bake at 400 for 5 minutes (or until golden brown) then reduce heat to moderate (200) and cook for an additional 10 minutes.