Cajun Mini Meat Pies Recipes

MINI MEAT PIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200°C.
• Cut pastry into 48 circles if making traditional pies, or 24 if making uncovered pies using a 7 cm round cutter.
• Press 24 circles into two lightly greased 12-hole patty tins.
• To make filling, heat oil in heavy-based pan, add onion and garlic and cook over medium heat for 2 minutes or until onion is soft.
• Add mince and stir over high heat for 5 minutes or until well browned and all liquid has evaporated; using a fork to break up any lumps of mince.
• Add flour, stir until combined then cook over medium heat for 1 minutes.
• Add stock, sauces and herbs and stir over the heat until boiling.
• Reduce heat to low and simmer for 5 minutes or until mixture thickens.
• Stir occasionally then allow to cool.
• Divide filling among pastry circles.
• Top each with two half slices of tomato and sprinkle with oregano.
• Bake for 25 minutes or until pastry is golden brown and crisp.
• For traditional pies, place the remaining pastry rounds over the tomato and oregano topping and seal the edges with beaten egg before baking.
• Serve hot.

NATCHITOCHES MEAT PIES

Steps:

• Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large skillet over medium-low heat; whisk in flour, and cook until flour turns from white to a nutty brown color, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in onion and cook until transparent, about 5 minutes. Add meats and brown until no longer pink, 10 to 12 minutes; stir in Cajun seasoning and garlic powder; drain fat. Cool to room temperature.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough to a thickness of 1/4 inch. Use a 5 inch diameter round cookie cutter or cut around a saucer to make a round of dough. Place a heaping tablespoon of meat filling in the center of each round. Fold dough over filling and seal edges closed by pressing with a fork or fingers. Repeat to make 15 pies, re-rolling dough scraps as needed.
• Heat oil for frying in deep fryer to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Deep fry pies in small batches until golden brown, 3 to 4 minutes. Drain on paper towels. Or bake pies on greased cookie sheets in preheated 350 degree F (175 degrees C) oven 15 to 20 minutes, or until golden brown.

CAJUN MINI MEAT PIES

Steps:

• Filling:.
• Brown ground meat only till all brown.
• add the rest of ingredients and simmer till all are cooked down.
• drain in a strainer let sit in strainer to cool down set aside.
• Crust:.
• Mix all dry ingredients in large bowl.
• Mix eggs and milk.
• add to dry ingredients slowly while stiring.
• add shorting and cut in with pastry cutter or two knives.
• when well mixed form balls about the size of a tennis ball.
• roll out ball with rolling pen.
• cut out in about a 6 inch circle.
• use wet paper towle to wet around outer circle.
• put about 2 tablespoons of meat filling in center.
• fold over crust to form like a half moon
• press edges to seal with fingers.
• use a fork to repress edges and give a decortive look.
• when all are done put in fridge for at least an hour or till ready to fry.
• fry in very hot oil.
• turn when golden brown and fry other side.
• frying is very fast do not over fry meat is already cooked.
• can freeze unfried only.
• wrap indivdually in wax paper put several in zip lock bags freeze flat.
• after frozen then can stack as will.

MINIATURE MEAT PIES

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Stir in chili sauce and soup mix; set aside. , In a large bowl, combine the flour, sesame seeds if desired, and salt. Cut in shortening and cheese until crumbly. Combine milk and vinegar; gradually add to flour mixture, tossing with a fork until dough forms a ball. , Divide dough in half; roll out to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with a lightly floured 2-1/2-in. round cutter. Place half of the circles 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets; top each with a rounded tablespoonful of beef mixture. Top with remaining circles. Moisten edges with water and press with a fork to seal. Cut a slit in the top of each. , Bake at 425° until golden brown, 12-16 minutes. Serve immediately., Freeze option: Freeze cooled pies in an airtight container for up to 3 months. Bake, from frozen, on an ungreased baking sheet at 425° until heated through, 14-16 minutes.