NIGERIAN MEAT PIE.

Meat pie is a very popular Nigerian snack, that is loved by almost everybody if not all. There is hardly a celebration without meat pie. Seeing that the Festive season is here, you can be sure to find it at events.

It is actually one of my favourite and go-to Nigerian snack. I used to like my meat pie really stuffed and by stuffed I mean, I get to use different veggies in making the filling. But for this one, I decided to cut down on the filling. I must say that it came out really yummy!! Am definitely going to be sticking to this cut down filling.

If you love the Nigerian meat pie and you haven't yet figured out how to make it yet? Worry less, because in this post you would learn how to make the famous meat pie like a pro...

Ingredients for the filling:

500 g of minced meat

3 Irish potatoes (diced)

3 Carrots (diced)

1 onion bulb

A thin slice of fresh ginger

2 cloves of garlic

2 cooking spoons of groundnut oil

1/4 teaspoon of dried rose mary 

1/2 teaspoon of black pepper

1 teaspoon of red pepper

1/4 teaspoon of curry

1/4 teaspoon of Nutmeg

2 bell peppers (red and yellow)

2 table spoons of flour

1/2 teaspoon of salt

2 cubes of Maggi

A cup of water

Ingredients for the dough:

1 kg of flour

500 g of Margarine

1 tablespoon of baking powder

1 Egg

1 cup of water

A pinch of salt

Procedure:

To make the filling:

• Pour the groundnut oil into a pot and heat for about 2 minutes on medium heat. Then add the sliced onions, stir and allow to fry for roughly 2 minutes.
• Add the potatoes, stir for about 2 minutes. Now add the chopped carrot and continue stirring.
• To the above mixture, add the chopped bell peppers followed by the condiments (rosemary, pepper curry nutmeg, grounded ginger & garlic, salt and maggi to taste.
• Now add your minced meat and fry till it's colour changes to brown
• Add a cup of water allow to simmer for 5 minutes, add the flour to thicken it.

For the dough:

• In a bowl containing flour, add the dry ingredients(salt and baking powder) and mix.
• Now add the margarine and mix until it becomes uniform (becomes crumbly).
• Add water little by little until the mixture is no longer sticky.
• Sprinkle a little quantity of flour on a clean surface. Place the dough and start kneading until it's soft and fluffy.
• Sprinkle a little amount of flour on the rolling pin and rub lightly. Roll out the the dough to your desired thickness (preferably thin).
• Whisk the egg in a bowl and set aside.
• Begin to cut the dough with a meat pie cutter or bowl.
• Add the filling to the centre of the dough.
• Rub the egg mixture on the edges of the internal surface of the dough.
• Close the dough, by allowing the egg covered edges to meet. Using a fork seal the edges of the pie
• Glaze the pie with the egg.
• Cream the pan with margarine followed by a little quantity of  flour and hit the back of the pan to remove the excess.
• Place the meat pie on the prepared pan and place in the oven for about 35 - 40 minutes.

And there you have it, your meat pie is ready!!!! Serve with any drink of your choice.

PS:

I mistakenly used 550 g of margarine instead of 500 g, it was still good.

For the filling, I didn't dissolve the flour with water because I had previously added water to it. I just added the flour directly to the filling.

Feel free to leave comments below, I would love to hear from you and also if you have a different way of making your meat pie tell me in the comment section as I would love to try it out.

And as always, thanks for taking out time to visit the blog.