Mrs Borgs Traditional Meat Pie Food

MRS BORG'S TRADITIONAL MEAT PIE

Steps:

• Heat oil in pan, add onions and cook over low heat until soft.
• Add meat to pan, followed by the rest of ingredients (except flour and egg glaze).
• Stir well until beef mince is cooked. Stir in flour for 1 minute Bring to boil.
• Reduce heat to simmer, stirring occasionally to prevent sticking till liquid has evaporated.
• Remove from pan and leave to cool.
• Preheat oven to 220 deg celsius.
• Place pastry sheet into the dish and add cool filling on top.
• Brush pie edge with egg glaze and place the second pastry sheet over, pressing the edges gently to seal them.
• Cut two small slits in the pastry to allow steam to escape during baking.
• Brush top with egg.
• Bake for 15-20 min at a lowered 180 deg or until golden brown.

TRADITIONAL MEAT PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Pie Crust: Mix flour and shortening. Add salt and cold water. Add all the cold water at once and mix delicately. Form a ball and refrigerate for 2 hours.
• Once dough is chilled, flour your worktop. Divide dough in half. Roll out 2 pie crusts. One should be slightly larger than the other, this will be your bottom crust.
• Meat Filling: Heat the oil in a large pot. Add the pork and onion and cook over medium-low heat for 45 minutes, stirring often. When pork is cooked remove fat from pan. Add grated potato, salt, pepper, and allspice, to taste. Stir well, and let mixture rest for 20 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Butter the bottom of 9-inch pie plate. Place the bottom crust in the pie plate and poke several holes in the crust with a fork. Make sure an ample amount of crust spills over the edges of the pie plate. Fill the crust with the meat mixture. Level with a spatula. Wet edges of bottom crust and place top crust over meat mixture. Press top crust onto meat mixture to eliminate any air holes. Beat together the egg and the milk to make an egg wash. Pinch the crust edges together and brush the top crust with the egg wash.
• Bake for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees F and continue baking for 15 minutes or until crust is golden brown.
• Slice and serve hot or cold.

MEDIEVAL MEAT PIE

Steps:

• Broil the meat till very rare, but cooked through.
• Cut it into small cubes.
• Mix with all other ingredients except the pie shell.
• For the broth, just add enough to make the mixture a little wetter.
• Put the mixture into the pie shell.
• Be sure the shell lid is sealed, and punch some holes in the top with a knife.
• Bake at 350 F for 45 minutes to an hour, till the shell is golden brown.
• Makes 6-8 slices, and can be served any temperature.
• It's easiest to cut when cold.