Beef Curry Pies

Beef Curry Pies, Yum!!!  Some people hate leftovers, I love them!!!!  they make the quickest easiest meals ever!!!   All the hard work and prep is already done, all that is required is a little imagination.

We had guests for dinner the other night and I made Malay Beef Curry.  I don’t know about you but, I was taught by my wonderful mum to ALWAYS have too much rather than not enough, you DO NOT want guests leaving your home hungry!!

So of course we had left over beef curry! yes of course you can just heat it up and have the same meal two nights in a row, but I’m not really into doing that, I like it to feel as if I have made something completely different (albeit the flavours are the same)

So it was out with the puff pastry and Beef Curry Pies were on the menu, you can make individual pies as I have done or just make one big pie, the choice is yours.

Notes –  This recipe was created using left over curry, you can make it just for the pies but it is a very long process as you have to cook the beef curry mix in the slow cooker for 6-8 hours and then allow to cool before placing in your pastry shell

Cook time is only if you decide not to use leftover curry and make the pies from scratch

Beef Curry Pies

 

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Prep time

20 mins

Cook time

8 hours

Total time

8 hours 20 mins

 

Serves: 1 large pie

Ingredients

• Ingredients
• 500g - 1kg stewing beef
• 2 Tablespoon ground coriander
• 1 Tablespoon ground cumin
• 1 fresh chilli or( 1-2 teaspoons of chilli powder to desired hotness)
• 2 teaspoons Chinese five spice
• 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
• 2 onions
• ¼ teaspoon ground cardamom
• ⅛ teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 can of coconut milk
• ¾ cup water or stock/broth
• 1 teaspoon Himalayan salt
• 2 cups of chopped vegetables of your choice (I use pumpkin, red pepper, broccoli, carrots)
• cornflour/arrowroot to thicken
• fresh coriander(cilantro) to serve
• I packet of puff pastry
• 1 egg
• poppy seeds (optional)

Instructions

1. Chop your beef into cubes and put into a frying pan with a bit of oil
2. Add the first five spices to the beef and stir until beef is well coated in spices
3. Cook until the meat is slightly browned, place in your slow cooker
4. Cook onions in frying pan until starting to soften. Place in the slow cooker
5. Add the rest of the ingredients, apart from Cornflour or Arrowroot and any vegetables that do not take long to cook (ie, broccoli, red pepper, leafy greens etc)
6. Cook for 8 hours on low
7. mins before serving mix up the cornflour/arrowroot according to directions on packet and thicken to your thicken to your desired level.
8. Allow meat mixture to go cold
9. Pre heat your oven according to pastry package instructions
10. grease or spray your selected pie dish and lay your sheets of pastry inside making sure to have enough coming up the sides
11. fill with the meat mixture and cover with remaining pastry
12. brush pastry with beaten egg or milk and sprinkle with poppy seeds
13. Bake in a preheat oven as per instructions on your pastry package

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