New Zealand Meat Pies
This is a recipe for making a New Zealand meat pie with beef, bacon and cheese. For a spicy version you can add jalapeno.
Ingredients
Filling
- ¼ pound bacon diced
- 1 pound beef chuck cut into bite size pieces
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 onion diced
- 3 cloves garlic crushed
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 cup dark beer
- 1 tablespoon mustard
- 1 teaspoon thyme
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- 1 cup beef stock
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 jalapeno chopped (optional)
Pies
- 1 cup cheddar cheese grated
- 1 sheet rolled puff pastry
- 1 egg yolk beaten
Instructions
Filling
- Heat skillet or Instant Pot to sauté. Coat meat with flour, salt and pepper.
- Add oil to skillet/Instant Pot, add beef and bacon and sauté until brown on all sides, 5 to 10 minutes. Add onion and garlic and cook for another 4-5 minutes.
- Add remaining ingredients. If using an Instant Pot set to high pressure for 20 minutes and natural release for 10 minutes. If using skillet, bring to simmer, reduce heat to low, cover pot and cook for 1 and 1 ½ hours.
- Remove meat from heat, add cornstarch and let cool. Refrigerate for up to two days before making pies
Pies
- Heat oven to 350 degrees. Roll out pastry. Use pie tin to make a circle and cut out pie tops. Make pie bottoms by cutting out circles about an inch larger than tops. Spray muffin tin with no stick cooking spray. Place bottom pastry in over-sized muffin pan. Add half cheese to bottom of each pie. Add meat mixture and top with remaining cheese.
- Top pies with pastry tops and seal tightly. Brush with egg wash. Cook for 25-30 minutes