{"id":52,"date":"2012-11-25T13:46:26","date_gmt":"2012-11-25T11:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zoeselina.com\/?p=52"},"modified":"2013-06-13T13:52:51","modified_gmt":"2013-06-13T11:52:51","slug":"aussie-meat-pies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zoeselina.com\/?p=52","title":{"rendered":"Aussie meat pies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_53\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-53\" alt=\"Meat pie with chips and veggies\" src=\"https:\/\/zoeselina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_3092-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zoeselina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_3092-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zoeselina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_3092-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-53\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Meat pie with chips and veggies<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The meat pie is an Australian staple. But most Australians buy them ready-made from corner shops, supermarkets, delis and snack bars. I had never made a meat pie until I moved to Norway. I tried several recipes, but this was the closest to the real thing.<\/p>\n<p>For the base, I use a quiche or other unsweetened pie crust dough. Or you can use your <span class=\"GRcorrect\" id=\"GRmark_387fbfdc85f3ec19ed9aeffd7270a768aa5fc707_favourite:0\">favourite<\/span> shortcrust pastry recipe, as long as it\u2019s not sweet.<\/p>\n<p>For the top, I use store-bought puff pastry, which in Norway means crossing the border and getting it from Sweden. You can buy puff pastry in Norway (called <span class=\"GRcorrect\" id=\"GRmark_851e107acb9b86c86e066392f0a7e45584e5d8e7_butterdeig:0\">butterdeig<\/span> or sm\u00f8rdeig), but it comes in frozen blocks that have to be thawed and rolled out, which is painful, but doable.<\/p>\n<p>For this recipe, I like to use three or four small, non-stick pie dishes, but it could also make one large pie (about 20cm in diameter).<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Ingredients<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>1 tbsp olive oil<\/li>\n<li>500g minced beef<\/li>\n<li>1 onion, chopped<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 <span class=\"GRcorrect\" id=\"GRmark_fcc47d01ebf4d662ae54dd6268d654aaf3391ed8_cup:0\">cup<\/span> water<\/li>\n<li>2 beef stock cubes (or 1 \u2013 1.5 if you prefer less salt)<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup tomato ketchup<\/li>\n<li>2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon oregano<\/li>\n<li>Pinch of ground black pepper<\/li>\n<li>Pinch nutmeg<\/li>\n<li>3 tbsp plain flour<\/li>\n<li>2 tbsp water<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Method<\/h3>\n<p>1. Preheat oven to 220\u00b0C<\/p>\n<p>2. Brown meat and onion in olive oil<\/p>\n<p>3. Add water, stock cubes, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, oregano, pepper and nutmeg and bring to the boil<\/p>\n<p>4. Simmer covered for 15 minutes<\/p>\n<p>5. Blend flour with the two tablespoons of water until it becomes a smooth paste; add to the meat mix and stir until thickened<\/p>\n<p>6. Turn off the heat once thickened<\/p>\n<p>7. Grease a pie dish and line with short crust pastry<\/p>\n<p>8. Blind back <span class=\"GRcorrect\" id=\"GRmark_88e19120899a16d11446ee4c61bc2a6b869e192c_for:0\">for<\/span> five minutes<\/p>\n<p>9. Add the meat filling mixture; brush edges of pastry with milk or beaten egg<\/p>\n<p>10. Lay the puff pastry over and press edges down with a fork or your fingertips<\/p>\n<p>11. Trim edges and glaze top with milk or beaten egg<\/p>\n<p>12. Make a couple of small incisions in the pastry to let the steam out<\/p>\n<p>13. Bake for 15 minutes<\/p>\n<p>14. Reduce heat to 180\u00b0C and bake for 20 more minutes, or until golden brown.<\/p>\n<p>Serve with hot chips (fries) and steamed vegetables.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The meat pie is an Australian staple. But most Australians buy them ready-made from corner shops, supermarkets, delis and snack bars. I had never made a meat pie until I moved to Norway. I tried several recipes, but this was the closest to the real thing. For the base, I use a quiche or other [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdYBA-Q","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zoeselina.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zoeselina.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zoeselina.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zoeselina.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zoeselina.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/zoeselina.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54,"href":"https:\/\/zoeselina.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52\/revisions\/54"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zoeselina.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zoeselina.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zoeselina.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}