Cookery- Nigerian Meat Pie

I'm really excited to post this as most of you may know I am the biggest food enthusiastic ever!

African Sweetheart have teamed up with amazingly talented people at 9jafoodie.com to bring you this post of step by step instruction to make the perfect party meat pie.

It is one recipe every lady should really know how to pull out of her sleeve. I'm salivating just thinking abut perfecting mine!
Let's get cooking!

Meat pie is one of the things I look forward to eating when I go home, be it at tantalizers, Mr Bigs, Sweet Sensations or TFC the flavor profile is very similar. Crumbly exterior with meaty filling. The Nigerian Meat pie is comparable to Latin American Empanadas.

Making Nigerian Meat pie

Ingredients For the Filling

 1.5 cups ground beef

1.5 cups cooked potatoes

1/2 green pees

1/2 teaspoon curry

1/2 teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper

1/4 cup red onion (chopped)

1 Tablespoon canola oil

1 cube maggi

Salt to taste

Direction

Place a large saucepan on medium heat; add in the oil and onion. fry until translucent

Add in the ground beef, salt, pepper and maggi. Cover for 10mins turning on occasion

Add in the peas and the potatoes. Cover for another 6mins. Add in the curry. Combine

Remove from heat and set in the fridge to cool

For the Dough

41/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 Table Spoon Baking powder

A pinch of salt

1 pack of Butter or Margarine – Ideal for baking (400 G)

1-cup water

2 eggs (for finishing)

Direction

In a large bowl combine the flour, backing power and salt. Mix thoroughly.

Add in the margarine or butter into the dry ingredients, with you hands work the ingredients until margarine or butter is well incorporated (it should look as pictured below)

A little at a time, add in the water into the dough. Knead the dough until water is well Incorporated.  as pictured below.

Add some flour to a smooth surface, using a rolling pin, flatten the dough. using a circular cookie cutter or a round bowl, cut the dough into big circles. As pictured below.

 The Process

Preheat the oven to 350 Degrees

Place about 1 teaspoon or more of filling into center of the circle; fold dough over filling to enclose, forming a half-moon shape.

Press edges together to seal, and crimp edges decoratively using the back of a fork.

Transfer to a parchment or foil paper-lined baking sheet

Repeat with remaining dough and filling

Whisk together the eggs and brush the egg wash over the formed pies

Bake until edges are lightly golden, 15 to 20 minutes

Serve meat pie with a side of Chilled Fanta. Enjoy!!!

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