Lamb Meat Pies

Name: Lamb Meat Pies
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 27
Ingredients: Lamb steak Chopped (400g); 1/2 large onion; 2 medium-sized carrots; 2 handfuls fresh peas; Fresh thyme (approx. 1 Tsp.); Basil (1 Tsp.); Sugar (1 Tsp.); Maggi® cubes (2x); Vegetable oil (2 Tsbp.); Salt + pepper to taste; Plain flour (300g); Butter (190g); Cold water (50ml); Salt to taste

by Ameena Deeni | Ameena Cooks

27 Pies

1 hr 10 min

These pies aren't your typical pot pies. They are a staple in many West-African street food cuisines and if you've never tried meat pie in African style, then you have come to the right place. These buttery and flaky half-moon shaped meat pies loaded with tender, juicy lamb and sweet veggies can be the perfect appetiser or as part of a main meal. These super flavourful goodies have certainly brought me down childhood memory lane and I'm sure it'll create fond memories for you too.

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Lamb Meat Pies

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Recipe details

Yield 27 Pies
Time spent: Prep time: 10 Minutes Cook time: 1 Hours Total time: 1 hr 10 min

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Ingredients

Filling

Lamb steak Chopped (400g)
1/2 large onion
2 medium-sized carrots
2 handfuls fresh peas
Fresh thyme (approx. 1 Tsp.)
Basil (1 Tsp.)
Sugar (1 Tsp.)
Maggi® cubes (2x)
Vegetable oil (2 Tsbp.)
Salt + pepper to taste

Pastry

Plain flour (300g)
Butter (190g)
Cold water (50ml)
Salt to taste

Instructions

Start by prepping the lamb by grinding them into small pieces and then leave them to the side in a small bowl
Finely chop the onion and then peel and dice the carrots
Heat the oil in a medium pot over low-medium heat. Once the oil is hot toss in the onion. Shallow fry for a few seconds and then add the lamb and stir. Fry for 10 minutes or until the lamb is fully cooked, then add in the diced carrots, peas, the thyme, basil, stock cubes, sugar and salt and pepper to taste and fry for a further 5 minutes.
Turn off the heat and allow the filling to cool down
While the filling is cooling down, you can start prepping the pastry. Pre-heat the oven to 180C/356F. In a large bowl combine the flour, butter and salt with the edge of your finger tip until soft crumbs start to form. Pour in the water and then form into a dough
Dust some flour on a clean surface and place the dough on the floured surface. Knead the dough until it becomes soft and then roll it out using a rolling pin until thin, but not too thin!
Using a cookie cutter or the end of an empty jar, cut out circles. Repeat step 6 to roll out the dough again. You should make 27 circles but if you are using a big cookie cutter then you’ll make less than that, and the amount will depend on how wide your cookie cutter or jar is
Grab the pot with the cold filling and then fill about a tsp. of filling onto the pastries. Grab one end of the circle and then fold it across to form a half moon and then seal the edges with a fork
Place the pies onto a large baking tray, poke the middle of them with a fork and bake in the centre of the oven for 10 - 15 minutes or until lightly golden brown
Remove from the oven and allow it to cool slightly before serving

Comments

Annie Doherty on Oct 17, 2020

These look delicious, just like Empanadas, will try.

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- Ameena Deeni | Ameena Cooks on Oct 17, 2020
  
  Thank you so much!! I hope you enjoy
  
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Dorothy on Oct 17, 2020

I don't know why carrots are mentioned in the prep?????

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- Ameena Deeni | Ameena Cooks on Oct 18, 2020
  
  It was meant to be 2 medium sized carrots, not tomatoes! This has been amended now :)
  
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