Nigerian meatpies
Nigerian meatpies

Hey everyone, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, nigerian meatpies. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

The best Nigerian Meat Pie is moist, yummy and has minced meat, potato and carrot filling. The filling is usually adequately seasoned and gives the meat pie its unique taste. How to Make Nigerian Meat Pie [Video] Nigerian Meat Pie: Your Questions Answered [Video] The Nigerian meat pies are delicious pastries filled with minced meat, potato and carrots. The pastry is slightly flaky and very rich in flavor, the filling is moist and very flavorful.

Nigerian meatpies is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Nigerian meatpies is something that I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook nigerian meatpies using 19 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Nigerian meatpies:
  1. Make ready dough
  2. Prepare 500 g Flour(4cups)
  3. Get 1 teaspoon Baking powder
  4. Prepare 250 g Butter
  5. Get pinch Salt
  6. Get 1/4 cup cold water
  7. Get 2 Eggs
  8. Take fillings
  9. Prepare 250 g mince meat
  10. Prepare 1 medium sized Potato
  11. Prepare Scotch bonnet
  12. Prepare 1 onion
  13. Get 1 carrot
  14. Get 2 seasoning cube
  15. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon thyme
  16. Get 1 cooking spoon veg. Oil
  17. Make ready 1/2 cup water (125ml)
  18. Make ready 1 tbspn Flour+3tblspn water
  19. Make ready 1 Egg

Nigerian Meat Pie West African Meat pie or the Nigerian Meat pie is light and slightly Flaky and it's stuffed with well seasoned Ground Beef (minced Beef), Potatoes and carrots. These Meat pies are a comfort to the soul and a delight to the palate. They can be eaten as breakfast, brunch, or as a snack. Nigerian Meat Pies recipes typically use margarine because of the difficulty of working with an all-butter crust.

Instructions to make Nigerian meatpies:
  1. For the dough; Put 500g of flour in a bowl, add the baking powder,pinch of salt,eggs&butter mix very well
  2. Add cold water in bits while at same time folding the mix till a stiff ball of dough is formed. Knead the dough and allow to rest for 5-7mins
  3. For the fillings;peel the potatoes and carrot cut into tiny cubes&cut the onions into tiny pieces
  4. Heat oil on medium heat add in the onions,scotch bonnet and stir for a bit,add mince meat and stir untill it turns pale
  5. Add half cup of water, seasoning cubes and thyme. Once it starts boiling add the potatoes&carrots and cook
  6. Dilute 1tablespoon of flour with 1/4cup cold water and add to the meatpie filling(it makes the filling moist so that it won’t dry up when baking)
  7. Add salt to taste, Stir and turn off the heat
  8. Set your oven to 170 degrees C(335F)
  9. Rub butter on the baking tray and set aside
  10. Break an egg and set aside
  11. Knead the dough some more, roll it to 5mm thickness
  12. Use meatpie cutter to make round cuts on the rolled dough
  13. Scoop some meatpie filling into the center,rub the egg on the inside edges of the dough and fold
  14. When you’re done place in the greased pan and rub the egg on the meatpies and bake 30-40mins

They can be eaten as breakfast, brunch, or as a snack. Nigerian Meat Pies recipes typically use margarine because of the difficulty of working with an all-butter crust. Too much heat from your hands can make the dough unworkable and too much kneading can lead to the formation of gluten. The secret to this perfect Easy Nigerian Meat Pie is three main ingredients: cold butter, eggs and vinegar. Nigerian Meat pie is one of Nigeria's popular snack and it's loved by all.

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