mira's meat pie

Thanks to my bestfriend mira for this super easy to do pie. Ready to it in an hour from the moment u take out the flour from the cabinet. Honest! it may take even shorter than that if i wasn't chatting on YM while making the dough. (one hand in the bowl and the other on the keyboard!hahha terer tak ? terer tak?)

ps. sorry for the terrible pic. erghh... i really need to get a new camera.

for the dough:
2 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour
1 tsp salt1 cup softened butter
1 egg yolk [save the white for later]
2/3 cup milk

for the filling:
1 packet of Ramly minced beef [about 300 gms]
1 large onions [chopped]
1 bay leaf [optional]
1 cup chopped carrots
2 large potatoes [boiled and chopped]
green peas
salt n pepper
ketchup
thick soy sauce and worcheteshire sauce

how to:

for the dough - add the flour, salt and the softened butter in a large bowl. Use hand to mix it all together until mixture resembles breadcrumbscam crumbly, add in the egg yolk and milk. Knead gently until it comes together resembling a dough. Form into a disc and use rolling pin to get an even pastry piece. brush a bit of butter to the pie pan and line it with the dough. they will be enough left for the top.

for the filling - sautee the onion and bay leaves. add the carrots, green peas and potatoes. Let it simmer for a while, stir in the beef, salt, pepper, ketchup, soy sauce and Worcestershire sauce. Be generous with the ketchup so that it won't dry when baked. Cover the pan and let it sit for a while [not until fully cooked tho, as u will be baking it afterwards.

Place the mixture into the pastry, then cover rest of the dough. Glaze the top with the egg white, then poke some holes on top using fork. Then bake in preheated oven temperature 180 degrees Celsius. Bake for 30-40 minutes.

serve warm. yum!

note: Due to time constraint, i substituted the potatoes with canned mushroom and use celery instead of peas. if u opted for potato, make sure it is not boiled until too tender. just al dente as it will be baked in the oven.