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Australian Beef Meat Pie Dinner
80 min total30 prep50 cook4 servings520 cal
HardClassicFlexitarianContains glutenContains egg
Hand-held or plate-sized beef pies with rich gravy filling under golden puff pastry. The iconic Aussie footy-food dinner.
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Ingredients
4servings
meat
- 1.5 lbbeef chuck
produce
- 1onion
- 2 clovesgarlic
pantry
- 1.5 cupbeef broth
- 2 tbsptomato paste
- 1 tbspWorcestershire sauce
- 2 tbspall-purpose flour
- 2 tbspolive oil
- 1.5 tspsalt
- 0.75 tspblack pepper
frozen
- 1 sheetpuff pastry
dairy
- 1egg
Steps
- Dice beef small; brown in oil in batches; set aside.
- Sauté onion and garlic; stir in flour 1 minute.
- Add broth, tomato paste, Worcestershire, salt, and pepper; return beef and simmer until thick and tender, 30 minutes. Cool.
- Preheat oven to 400°F (200°C). Divide filling among 4 pie tins or one dish.
- Cover with puff pastry, trim, crimp, and vent; brush with egg.
- Bake 25–30 minutes until pastry is deep golden and puffed.
- Rest 5 minutes.
- Serve hot with tomato sauce.
- Add mushy peas on the side if you like.
- Reheat in the oven to keep pastry crisp.
Tips
- Cook filling until thick so pastry does not sog.
- Cool filling before topping with pastry.
- Egg-wash for deep color.
- A dollop of tomato sauce on top is traditional.
