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Aussie Meat Pie

Name: Aussie Meat Pie
Total time: 90 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Australia
Ingredients: 3 leaves Frozen puff pastry sheet; 500g Ground Beef; 1 Onion; 1 Beef Bouillon; 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce; 2 tbsp Ketchup; 2 tbsp All-purpose flour; A pinch Black Pepper; 1/2 tsp Salt; 1 Egg

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⏱ 90 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Ground beef in gravy baked in pastry and topped with ketchup — Australia's national dish.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

The meat pie is considered Australia's national dish, with each person said to eat more than a dozen a year. Palm-sized pies are filled with ground beef in gravy, baked, and eaten with tomato sauce (ketchup). They're essential for watching Australian rules football or cricket.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a stadium in Melbourne, fans watching the footy hold meat pies in one hand, squirt on ketchup, and take a big bite.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

Frozen puff pastry sheet 3 leaves
Ground Beef 500g
Onion 1
Beef Bouillon 1
Worcestershire sauce 1 tbsp
Ketchup 2 tbsp
All-purpose flour 2 tbsp
Black Pepper A pinch
Salt 1/2 tsp
Egg 1

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Fry the chopped onion and ground beef in a frying pan.
Sprinkle in the flour, add 200ml hot water with the beef bouillon dissolved, Worcestershire sauce, ketchup, salt, and pepper, simmer 15 minutes to thicken, and cool.
Line muffin tins or pie dishes with puff pastry and fill with the meat.
Cover with pastry, seal the edges, and cut a steam hole.
Brush with beaten egg and bake at 200°C for 25–30 minutes.
Top with ketchup.

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