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15/12/2023

My plating is not yet good
But I'll be working on that

This is the best dish
Who thought a pie and sweet potato could compliment each other? 😁😁😁

Below is the recipe
Start with the dough so that it gets enough time to cool down in the fridge

Hot and Spicy Beef Pie served with Sweet Potato

[For the Dough]
|(Ingredients)|
2 ½ cups flour
½ teaspoon of salt 🧂
3 tablespoons of cooking oil
1 tablespoon of vinegar
¼ cup of water 💧
|(Method)|
•Sift all the dry ingredients in a bowl
•Add your cooking oil then mix
•Add your vinegar and your water
•Mix them together
•Now your dough will look crumbly, worry not, just work it with your hands
•Cover the dough with a plastic
•Let it rest for 30 minutes

[For the Sweet Potato]
|(Ingredients)|
Sweet potatoes 🍠
3 ½ tablespoons of sugar
¼ teaspoon of salt 🧂
1 cup water 💧
1 tablespoon butter
|(Method)|
•Peel and chop your sweet potatoes
•Put them into your saucepan (any pot is fine)
•Add your cup of water then bring to boil
•When boiling add your sugar and stir
•When water boils out, remove from heat and add your butter
•Mash your sweet potatoes

[For the Mince Filling]
|(Ingredients)|
300g mince
½ onion (chopped)
½ cup mushrooms (chopped)
3 tablespoons crated carrots
3 tablespoons cooking oil
¼ green pepper (chopped)
¼ yellow pepper (chopped)
¼ red pepper (chopped)
1 bell pepper (chopped)
¼ cup chicken stork (liquid)
pinch of salt
pinch of pepper
2 cloves garlic (minced)
ginger (size the same as 1 clove of garlic)
Any 2 spices you like
½ teaspoon peri peri powder
|(Method)|
•In your frying pan, add oil and heat it up
•Add your onion, peppers and ginger then stir until onion caramelises
•Add your mince and carrots and stir
•Add in your garlic and keep stirring
•Add your mushrooms and stir
•Add your spices and peri peri
•Add your chicken stork and let is simmer
•Add your salt and pepper

[Final Preps]
•Heat your oven to 175°C (this really depends on your stove, mine is slow; you can heat to 150°C if yours is working properly)
•Take out the dough from the fridge
•Divide it into 6-8 equal pieces
•Roll them out into squares
•Put your mince filling to each pieces
•Close it up
•In a small bowl, add 1 egg and 4 tablespoons of milk and whisk
•Brush the mixture on your pies
•Bake the pies for 25-30 minutes

And there you have your pies

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