Steak Pie

Meet Mr Steak Pie, I met him through the EDC (Everyday Cookbook) where he goes under the name Aussie Meat Pie. Sadly, he is no longer with us.....

A bit silly I know! I gave my children 2 googly eyes each and they ran around the house making everyday things come alive! Sometimes when your a non TV watching family you have to get a bit creative ;)  

So, I gave this recipe a try again using rump steak I had found on special. 

I was feeding 7 so I doubled the recipe in a round about fashion...not quite twice the meat and I added extra tablespoon of cornflour because I wanted it thicker. I didn't use the 2 TABLESPOONS??? of Vegemite I used about 1/4 of a teaspoon instead which was much better for our tastebuds.I also put in a big blob of tomato sauce, thats not in the recipe but I think its a great addition. I used thermie shortcrust pastry for the base and a bought sheet of puff for the lid because I had no ice to make my own!

I served it with scalloped potatoes (Mr Dairy Free had his own baked potato) baked the regular way..Sliced potato, onion, sprinkle with good chicken stock, black pepper and pour over 600ml of cream, cover with foil, bake at 180 for at least an hour......and of course some regular steamed veg.

It scored a 7/7 (7 people ate it, 7 people liked it!) 

I don't know why...but I love a good pie!

Happy Cooking!

Recipe Review

I got to spend most of the day at home today which only means one thing.....cooking!!

I tested out the Coconut Butter Cake, Hot Cross Buns and the Aussie Meat Pie all from the EDC.

Coconut Butter Cake

I am not much of a cake fan (unless my friend Andrea bakes them) Anyway I was visiting my sis in law today and decided we needed cake to go with the tea. I had planned on making a sponge roll but to my horror I had run out of vanilla! So a quick flick through the book to find a vanilla-less cake led me to give this one a go. As I said I am not much of a cake fan, this one probably would have been better with icing, and if I ever bake it again I will cook it in 2 tins rather than one as I had to extend the cooking time, but it burnt around the edges...

Hot minus the Cross Buns

Make them. All. The. Time. They were awesome. ( I never put crosses on them BTW, I have better things to do!) 

Aussie Meat Pie

Golly, I love being able to make my own puff pastry...! 

Recipe was great except I would reduce the Vegemite to 1 tsp rather than 1 tbls....or we will have to rename it Vegemite Pie!!! I also chose to make one large pie (much quicker!) rather than in the muffin tins as per the recipe.

The winner today is definitely the Hot Cross Buns! mmm Yum!