Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, pastry for meat pies. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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. This recipe combines lean minced meat with onion and potato and is baked in a light puff pastry pie.
Pastry for meat pies is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Pastry for meat pies is something that I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have pastry for meat pies using 6 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Pastry for meat pies:
- Get 1/3 cup water
- Take 1/4 pound lard
- Get 2 cup all purpose flour
- Prepare 1 tablespoon milk
- Prepare 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Make ready As needed flour for dusting
They're perfect for sharing at any type of gathering. The pork adds a little fat so this will help to keep the pie succulent and moist. 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.
Instructions to make Pastry for meat pies:
- Heat till the lard has melted.
- Heat the milk, lard, water, and salt.
- Add lard mixture to the flour and incorporate well.
- Roll out the dough.
- Dust with a bit of flour to keep from sticking. Use right away.
The pastry is light and crispy, a little flaky and buttery. After many years of using the same never fail pie pastry recipe I decided to compare mine to another "never fail pastry". It didn't occur to me until after the pastry was made that the ratio of lard and flour is wrong. Using a fork, stir in the water until the dough pulls together, adding additional ice water by the teaspoonful if necessary.. Pie Crust: Mix flour and shortening.
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