Irish Meat Pie Recipes

IRISH BEEF HAND PIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a medium saucepan, heat oil over medium; add cabbage and potatoes. Cook until beginning to brown, 7 to 9 minutes. Add beef; cook, breaking up meat with a spoon, until no longer pink, about 5 minutes. Stir in tomato paste, Worcestershire, thyme, and 1 cup water. Cover, and cook until potatoes are tender, about 15 minutes. Lightly mash mixture with a fork. Season with salt and pepper. Let cool completely.
• On a lightly floured work surface, roll each crust into a 14-inch square; cut each into 4 equal squares. Place 1/2 cup filling on one half of each square, leaving a 1/2-inch border around the filling. Brush borders with water; fold dough over filling to enclose. Crimp edges with a fork to seal. With a paring knife or scissors, cut 3 small vents in each.
• Transfer pies to 2 foil-lined rimmed baking sheets; bake until golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes, rotating sheets halfway through.
• To Bake from Frozen: Proceed with step 3, increasing baking time to 28 to 30 minutes.

IRISH MEAT PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
• In a large skillet heat oil on medium heat. Add in finely chopped cabbage and carrots, cook till edges start to turn brown. Add in the ground Chuck and ground lamb cook and separate meat until there is no longer any pink. Add in finely chopped onions,the garlic crushed and diced, and the peeled and chopped potatoes. Cook until potatoes are tender. Gently fold the mixture into a mash then add the beef broth and worcestershire sauce. Bring to a boil then cut down to a simmer and add cornstarch. Simmer until mixture is thick. Remove from heat salt and pepper to taste and let cool completely. Take and fill two pie pans with pie crust putting half of the mixture into each pie. Cover mixture with other half of the pie crust. Seal the crust and put three ventilation slits in the top. Bake at 400 degrees for 1 hour or until the crust is golden brown.

IRISH COTTAGE PIE WITH GROUND BEEF RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400°F.
• Melt butter in a skillet over medium-high heat. Cook the onions for 5 minutes. Then, add garlic and cook for 1 minute.
• Set onions and garlic aside and in the same skillet, add ground meat. Cook and stir for 6-8 minutes until thoroughly browned. Drain & rinse meat in a colander.
• Add meat back in the skillet over medium-low heat. Stir in parsley, rosemary, thyme, salt, pepper, and Worcestershire sauce. Then, stir in flour, and tomato paste. Stir until completely well incorporated
• Stir in broth (or wine), peas, carrots, tomatoes and corn. Simmer for 5 minutes.
• Evenly smooth meat mixture onto bottom of the skillet (or press into the bottom of a 9x9"inch baking dish). Sprinkle cheddar cheese over the top.
• Potatoes: Heat broth, butter, and salt in a bowl in the microwave until hot. Stir in sour cream and potato flakes and mix with a fork. Let sit until liquid has been fully absorbed. (Note: the potatoes need to be thick to pipe perfect peaks.
• Use a "star tip" on a piping bag (or a Ziploc bag with corner snipped). Fill bag and pipe potatoes into skillet or baking dish, covering the meat.
• Sprinkle chopped onions & pepper on top.
• Bake uncovered for 30 minutes.
• Serve hot.