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Kiwi Mince and Cheese Pie

Name: Kiwi Mince and Cheese Pie
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: New Zealand
Ingredients: flaky pastry (top and bottom) 500 g; ground beef 400 g; yellow onion, chopped 120 g; carrot, grated 80 g; celery, chopped 60 g; Worcestershire sauce 10 ml; tomato sauce 60 g; beef stock 150 ml; tasty cheese (or cheddar), grated 200 g; plain flour 20 g; butter 30 g; fine salt 6 g; black pepper 2 g; egg, beaten (for wash) 1 pieces

Flaky pastry encasing a savory filling of seasoned beef mince and melting cheese.

90 minutes · 4 servings · Moderate

The mince and cheese pie is the New Zealand version of a savoury pie, with the cheese melted into the meat rather than laid on top of it. Season the mince well and cook it down so there is no loose liquid, or the pastry goes soft underneath. It is a bakery standard, and it should hold together when it is lifted out.

Ingredients

flaky pastry (top and bottom)500 g
ground beef400 g
yellow onion, chopped120 g
carrot, grated80 g
celery, chopped60 g
Worcestershire sauce10 ml
tomato sauce60 g
beef stock150 ml
tasty cheese (or cheddar), grated200 g
plain flour20 g
butter30 g
fine salt6 g
black pepper2 g
egg, beaten (for wash)1 pieces

Directions

1
Cook onion, carrot and celery in butter 6 minutes; add beef and brown 8 minutes; stir in flour, tomato sauce, stock, Worcestershire, salt and pepper; cook 5 minutes until thick.
filling is thick and glossy
2
Cool filling 10 minutes; fold in cheese.
3
Line a pie dish with bottom crust; fill; top with second crust; seal and crimp.
4
Cut steam vents; brush with egg wash.
5
Bake at 200°C for 35 minutes until deep golden.
crust is deep golden and filling bubbles
6
Rest 10 minutes before slicing.

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