easy peasy mince pie

butter · #1 (**permalink**) 02-03-09, 13:44

i found this last week tried it on Saturday, mum dad and kids loved it, just an easy dish for a lazy saturday afternoon.

Yummy mini pies
Serves 4
2tbsp Tomato Ketchup
1 x 415g tin Baked Beans
2tbsp olive oil
1 onion, finely chopped
500g minced beef
1/2 cup frozen peas
salt and pepper
ready-made puff pastry
1 egg, beaten

1 Preheat the oven to 180°C/ gas mark 4.
2 Heat the olive oil in a large pan and gently
fry the onion for two minutes.
3 Add the minced beef, and cook until the
meat changes colour from pink to light
brown.
4 Add the Tomato Ketchup and stir.
5 Open the tin of Baked Beans carefully and
add the contents to the pan. Give it a good
stir, then add the frozen peas straight from
the freezer.
6 Cover with a lid and cook gently for 20
minutes. Taste it and add a little salt and
pepper if you think it needs it. Be careful not
to burn yourself!
7 While the meat sauce is cooking, decide
which bowls you’re going to serve your pies in.
Either use one big bowl or four small bowls,
but they must be able to go into the oven!
8 Put some flour onto a chopping board and
roll out a piece of dough slightly bigger than
your dish or dishes. Put the meat sauce into
the dish or dishes and place the pastry over
the top of it.
9 Cut some shapes out of the dough
(maybe the first letter of your name or an
animal shape) and put that on top of the pastry
‘lid’. Brush with the beaten egg and bake
in the oven for 20 minutes or until puffed up
and golden brown.

Yummy mini pies
Fat 13g Carbs 62g Energy 366kcal
Protein 5g Sodium .3g Fibre 6g