[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="639" caption="My new toy!"]
[/caption][caption id="" align="alignnone" width="639" caption="She makes 4 pies at once on a non-stick surface."]
[/caption]Isn't she pretty?
Anyways, here's a post on how I made a Beef Mince Curry Pie.
These were the ingredients that I used.
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="639" caption="Puff pastry, short crust pastry, carrots, an onion, potatoes, beef mince, worcestershire sauce, flour, mixed herbs, salt and pepper"]
[/caption][caption id="" align="alignnone" width="639" caption="Curry Powder too!"]
[/caption]First, the onion.
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="639" caption=" Cut in half. And peel."]
[/caption][caption id="" align="alignnone" width="639" caption="Make several incisions 1 cm from the top end downwards."]
[/caption][caption id="" align="alignnone" width="639" caption="Turn 90 degress and slice thinly."]
[/caption]Makes a very fine and neat dice.
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="639" caption="I peel all the carrots and potatoes"]
[/caption][caption id="" align="alignnone" width="639" caption="Cut the potato 4-5 times lengthwise."]
[/caption][caption id="" align="alignnone" width="639" caption="Take half of the slices, lay them flat, and slice lengthwise again in 1 cm widths"]
[/caption][caption id="" align="alignnone" width="639" caption="Turn 90 degress and cut into 1 cm widths into neat dices."]
[/caption][caption id="" align="alignnone" width="639" caption="Slice the carrots lenghwise into 1 cm widths"]
[/caption][caption id="" align="alignnone" width="639" caption="Turn 90 degrees and cut into 1 cm widths"]
[/caption]Put both the diced carrots and potatoes into a microwaveable bowl and microwave on high for 10-15 minutes till soft.
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="639" caption="Potatoes and carrots in a bowl to be microwaved."]
[/caption]Or you can boil in a pot of water till soft. Set aside.
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="639" caption="Heat up some oil"]
[/caption][caption id="" align="alignnone" width="639" caption="Throw in the onions"]
[/caption][caption id="" align="alignnone" width="639" caption="Add 2 big tablespoons of sugar"]
[/caption]Stir the onions till translucent.
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="639" caption="Beef mince"]
[/caption][caption id="" align="alignnone" width="639" caption="Add salt, pepper and mixed herbs to the beef mince"]
[/caption][caption id="" align="alignnone" width="639" caption="Add curry powder"]
[/caption][caption id="" align="alignnone" width="639" caption="Stir"]
[/caption]I added about 3 heaping tablespoons of curry. This dries the meat up for browning in hot oil. If the meat was wet, it would not brown properly, but would stew instead.
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="639" caption="Add the meat to the hot oil. The onions would have been nicely caramelised by now."]
[/caption][caption id="" align="alignnone" width="639" caption="Brown the mince on one side, then turn over."]
[/caption][caption id="" align="alignnone" width="639" caption="Add half cup of Worcestershire sauce."]
[/caption][caption id="" align="alignnone" width="639" caption="Add the microwaved carrots and potatoes"]
[/caption][caption id="" align="alignnone" width="639" caption="Add a cup of water. I used the mixing bowl which had curry in it-which is why the water looks like stock"]
[/caption][caption id="" align="alignnone" width="639" caption="Sprinkle a heaping tablespoon of flour and stir."]
[/caption]I repeated the last two steps twice. You want to get a thick gravy-like consistency. If it gets too thick, add more water and keep stirring to keep the bottom from being burned. Also, taste and adjust. I added more salt, sugar and curry powder at this point.
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="639" caption="It's ready to be dished into pies!"]
[/caption]The next steps involve pastry and the piemaker.
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="639" caption="My pastry cutter which came with the Sunbeam Piemaker"]
[/caption]I used the pastry maker to cut out the bottom of the pie. Here I use short crust pastry for the bottom, and puff pastry for the top.
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="639" caption="The pastry cutter cuts the pastry into this shape. I fold the little cuts on the edges to form a little cup."]
[/caption][caption id="" align="alignnone" width="639" caption="Put them into the pie-holes and fill with yummy beef mince curry filling!"]
[/caption][caption id="" align="alignnone" width="639" caption="Top it off with puff pastry rounds"]
[/caption][caption id="" align="alignnone" width="639" caption="Shut the lid and wait 8 minutes."]
[/caption][caption id="" align="alignnone" width="639" caption="Perfect pies!"]
[/caption][caption id="" align="alignnone" width="639" caption="I made 16 pies and froze most of them. "]
[/caption]Wyld Man ate two. He loves it.
