Name: African Meat Pie
Prep time: 60 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 85 min
Cuisine: Cameroonian
Ingredients: 4 cups all-purpose flour (500g or half kg); 1 cup unsalted butter - softened (226g or 16 tablespoons); 1 1/2 teaspoons salt; 1/2 teaspoon baking powder; 1 egg - beaten; 1 cup cold water; 1 pound ground beef (about half kg); 1 medium onion (chopped); 1 stem green onions - chopped (sub with leeks); 4 large garlic cloves (peeled and minced); 1 large bay leaf; 1/2 teaspoon ground white pepper; 1 habanero pepper (optional); 2 medium Irish potatoes - peeled and diced (about 1 cup chopped); 3 small carrots (or 1 large carrot) (diced); 8 green beans (diced); 2 small bell peppers (1 yellow, 1 red) (sub with half a medium bell pepper); 2 small stock cubes (Maggi) (about 4g per cube); 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/2 tablespoon flour; 2 tablespoons oil (I used olive oil); 1 egg - beaten

Cameroonian

Nigerian

Wooden spoon

Bowl

Pour oil into a pot and heat for 2-3 minutes. Add in onions and saute while stirring from time to time until fragrant.

Add the minced garlic and stir to bring out the flavor. Let it cook with the onion for about a minute.

Add the ground beef and use a wooden spoon to break it as it cooks. This helps prevent it from forming chunks of meat. At the same time, incorporate the meat into the garlic/onion mixture. Stir meat until fully scattered and it has changed from pink to brown.

Add a cup and a half of water to the meat. Add in potatoes, bay leaf, white pepper, salt, stock cubes and habanero (if you choose to use it). Cover and cook for about 15 minutes until the potatoes are soft and break easily when touched.

Add in half a tablespoon of flour and stir well. Let the flour cook with the meat for about 3 minutes.&nbsp;

Add the green onions/leeks, carrots, green beans and bell pepper. Mix well to combine. Turn off the heat - the filling is ready.&nbsp;

In a large bowl, mix together flour, baking powder and salt.&nbsp;

Add in softened butter and mix until the flour and butter are well incorporated.&nbsp;

Add beaten egg and cold water. Mix to form a dough. Transfer to a floured surface and knead lightly until smooth. Place dough back in the bowl and place in the fridge until ready for use.

Cut the dough into two. Place one half on a floured surface and roll out to about 1/8 of an inch thick.&nbsp;

Use a pie maker or a round lid (I used the lid of a water jar) to cut circles out of the rolled dough. Remove the excess dough from around the circles.

Place about a tablespoon and a half in the middle of each circle. Be careful not to overfill the circles! Now add a slice of hardboiled egg on the filling (note that I only used the hardboiled egg for half of the pies in this recipe. If you would love to use egg on all your pies, use two hardboiled eggs instead. )

Cover each circle to form a semi-circle. Press the edges with your hands then press with a fork.

Repeat the pie-making process with the rest of the dough.&nbsp;

Place all the pies in the refrigerator to rest for about 5 minutes. While they rest, preheat oven to 350 degrees F (or 180 degrees C). &nbsp;

Remove pies from fridge and brush generously with egg wash.

Bake in preheated oven for about 25 minutes until golden brown.

African Meat Pie

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