Hot Cross Meat Pies (Easter Recipe)

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Hot Cross Meat Pies

Hot Cross Meat Pies are revemped Nigerian Meat Pies to celebrate Easter with. It is made with minced meat, potato and carrot filling.
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Nigerian Meat Pie Ingredients

I got 9 hot cross meat pies with a circular cookie cutter that is 10cm (4 inches) in diameter.

For the Hot Cross Meat Pie dough

  • 500g (4cups) all purpose flour
  • 150g (1 cup) margarine
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 tin Peak Milk
  • ½ teaspoon salt

For the Hot Cross Meat Pie filling

  • 200g (1 cup) beef mince
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 1 small carrot
  • 1 small Irish potato (spud)
  • 1 tablespoon all purpose flour (plain flour)
  • 1 seasoning cube
  • ½ teaspoon thyme
  • 1 small onion
  • Salt (to taste)
  • Water

For the hot cross

  • 1 egg white
  • Icing sugar
  • Vanilla extract

For glazing

  • 1 egg

Feel free to use half the quantity of the stated ingredients if you do not want to make as many hot cross meat pies.

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