Mini chilli beef pies
An Australian dinner. Ready in about 1 hour 15 minutes. Difficulty: medium.
- 35 minPrep (about)
- 40 minCook (about)
- 1 hr 15 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- MediumDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
Main ingredient
- 4 oz ground beef Shopping tip: Ground beef (UK: minced beef). 80/20 or 85/15.
Fresh & other
- 8 oz ready rolled shortcrust pastry Shopping tip: Refrigerated pie crust (UK: shortcrust pastry).
- 1 onion
- 1 ½ oz tomato paste Shopping tip: Tomato paste (UK: tomato purée), in a small can or tube.
- ¼ cup + 1 tbsp beef stock Shopping tip: Beef broth (carton or can), or a beef bouillon cube in hot water.
- 3 ½ oz kidney beans
- 1 potato
- 1 ½ tbsp sour cream
- 1 tbsp chopped chive
Sauces & oils
- 1 ½ tsp sunflower oil
Spices & seasonings (3): hot chile powder, ground cumin, ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp hot chile powder
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- Pinch ground cinnamon
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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To make chilli.
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Heat oil in a pan.
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Fry onion for 5 mins until soft.
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Add spices.
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Fry for 1 min.
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Stir in beef.
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Cook for a few mins.
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Add tomato purée, stock and cinnamon.
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Give it a stir.
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Bring to the boil.
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Simmer for 15-20 mins till very little liquid is left.
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Add beans 5 mins before end of cooking.
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Check seasoning and cool.
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Turn the oven on to 400°F (350°F for a fan oven).
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Stamp out 12 circles from the pastry using a 3 inches pastry cutter.
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Use to line 12-hole mini muffin tray, prick your base of the pastry with a fork.
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Bake for 10 mins.
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Take it out of the oven and cool on a wire tray.
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Repeat with remaining pastry.
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While that cooks, cook the potato in boiling water until soft.
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Drain.
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Mash with soured cream and seasoning.
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Stir through chives.
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Spoon 1-2 tsp of chilli mix in the pastry cases.
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Top with a tsp of mash.
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Ruffle mash with a fork.
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Return to the oven for 15 mins until golden.
On the side: Crusty bread
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (5 min)
- Slice the bread. Warm it in the oven for 5 minutes if you like.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.