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Monday, 14 November 2011

Mince Beef Pie - A Family Heritage

I did not get into cooking without some family heritage.  

My Mum in the 1960's

My mother is an excellent and adventurous cook and a competitive baker  (in a Kirstie's Homemade way).
Gran in the 1930's

Her mother used to cut recipes by Elizabeth David from the newspaper.  I know because I have her cookery books and those cuttings fell out when I opened them.

Great Grandfather
On my Dad's side, his maternal grandfather was a baker,

Granny and Grandpa

and his dad, my grandfather, was a butcher with his own business.

So back to the pie!  My mum used to make this pie which she learned from my grandpa, the butcher, she taught me how to make it too.
It is so simple and so delicious and every now and again I trot out this recipe again, it never fails.

Minced Beef Pie

500g mince beef
small onion, finely chopped
salt & pepper
1 egg
3 tsp worcestershire sauce

1 packet of puff pastry, the ordinary stuff will do you don't need the butter puff pastry.

Mix the filling ingredients together (keep a little egg for egg wash)
Roll out just under half the pastry and line a metal pie dish or pyrex pie plate.


Press the filling mix into the pie dish, brush the edges of the pastry with egg wash, roll out the rest of the pastry to make a lid, crimp the edges.  Make two slits in the top to let the steam out.
Bake at 200C for 40 minutes until golden brown.

I served my pie with mashed potatoes and red cabbage baked with apple and red wine vinegar.

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posted by Janice @ 20:40

8 Comments:

At 14 November 2011 at 21:45 , Anonymous Jerry Ko | Simply Good Eating said...

Wow that beef pie looks so comforting and delicious!

 
At 14 November 2011 at 22:06 , Blogger Baking Addict said...

This looks really good. Family recipes are the best. Love the pictures of your family. Your nan looks amazing!

 
At 14 November 2011 at 23:16 , Blogger Phil in the Kitchen said...

You must be very proud of that heritage and to have recipes passed on in that way. You have some excellent family photos too. Thanks for sharing this recipe and those memories.

 
At 15 November 2011 at 00:11 , Blogger GratefulPrayerThankfulHeart said...

What a wonderful heritage and wonderful looking Mince Beef pie!

Love the photos!

 
At 15 November 2011 at 16:00 , Blogger Unknown said...

look at those cool pictures of the family!... I love your mince beef pie, stunning!

 
At 15 November 2011 at 20:56 , Blogger Karen S Booth said...

I absolutely LOVED this post Janice.....the photos of your family are brilliant and aren't heirloom family recipes just so precious? The pie looks fabulous and I just love the chic of your grandmother in the 1930's.
Karen

 
At 16 November 2011 at 20:57 , Blogger Anna's kitchen table said...

Great photos, great pie!

 
At 20 November 2011 at 17:52 , Blogger Caroline said...

Looks like a great pie, and how lovely to see your family and their history of baking and cooking!

 

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