Australian Meat Pie

From: GrnEydLdy

On Nov 7, 2009

My Australian friend is always talking about the foods she misses from home, Sausage Rolls, Pasties and especially Meat Pies. I tried this recipe out to surprise her and used 5" mini pie tins with pie crust on the bottom and puff pastry on the top. I added a puff pastry kangaroo to each pie and brushed them with milk. I rotated the pies around in the oven a couple times and put foil on top, and they came out great. She loved them and said they were very close to the 4 and 20 pies, but with less gravy. That could be me cooking off too much liquid. Super long story short this is a great recipe and a hit with everyone at the office not just the Aussie in accounting.

From: Marmie's

On Oct 17, 2009

Elke... From my DH...."this was way different from ' a stew in a pie crust' - loved that it was not like meat chunks and gravey but much more tenderized. Somehow it was so much lighter and easier to eat than our traditional Canadian meat pie. The beef came off like a nice roast beef in a crust, I liked the spices, Anxiously awaiting for my wife to make it again!" I made the filling a few weeks ago and froze it (it took way longer than your estimated 10 min prep though... I made enough for two really large pies... one with added potatoe and kernel corn from the garden.. I adore meat pie and this was so tasty... I will make this again and again!! Can't wait to get to Australia and eat the real thing!!!.. Thank you for posting such a delicious and unique-to-me-dish! We served it with fresh buns, pickled dills,olives,carrots and beets, (too lazy for real vegs)..the beets were fabulous with the pie for some reason! Rating...taste is a fab 5 stars.. recipe directions a 3 or so....but flavor wins, so I rate a delicious 4 stars!!! thanks again!

From: currybunny

On Jan 30, 2006

As an Aussie I feel quite qualified to say that this is an awesome meat pie! So simple and easy to make and very, very yummy! I left out the nutmeg but otherwise follwed the recipe exactly. I served this with homemade chips and a salad and of course lots of tomato sauce (that's ketchup for the uninitiated!) Thanks for a great recipe elke!

From: USOZ

On Nov 14, 2005

We like meat pies, football, kangaroos and Holden cars and your meat pie recipe is a bewdy! It's hard to beat the fair dinkum treat of an Aussie meat pie!