Ingredients
Savoury Crust
- 2 ½ cups of Cuisine All Purpose Flour
- 1 teaspoon of salt
- 8 oz butter cold and cut into cubes
- ¼ cup of iced water
Beef Filling
- ½ pound of minced meat
- 1 tbsp of Cuisine Soyabean Oil
- 1 onion chopped
- 1 pimento chopped
- 4 cloves of garlic minced
- 1 tbsp of Trini green seasoning
- 1 teaspoon of pepper sauce
- Salt to taste
Egg Wash
- 1 egg + 1 tablespoon of water
Tuna Filling
- 1 can of Cuisine Tuna Flakes in Water
- 1 tomato chopped
- 1 onion chopped
- 1 clove of garlic minced
- 2 teaspoons of lime juice
- Black pepper to taste
Instructions
Crust Method
- In a large bowl, combine the flour and salt.
- Using clean hands, toss the butter into the butter.
- Work the pieces of dough into the flour until the mixture resembles rough wet sand .
- Stream the cold water into the mixture and gently work into a dough.
- Transfer the dough onto plastic wrap and form into a disc that is ½ inch thickness.
- Chill for at least 45 minutes.
Beef Filling Method
- In a medium saucepan, heat the Cuisine Soyabean Oil.
- Add onion, garlic and seasonings.
- Add beef and cook until brown.
- Season with pepper sauce and salt.
- Set aside to cool
Tuna Filling
- In a medium saucepan, add onions, garlic and tomato.
- Add tuna and cook until fully warm. Add lime juice and black pepper.
- Set aside to cool.
Pie Assembly
- Preheat oven to 350ºF.
- Roll out the chilled dough to ¼ inch thickness.
- Using a 4 inch ring cutter or the rim of a container, punch circles out of the dough.
- Wet half of the edge of the dough with water.
- Place two teaspoons of filling into the center of the dough.
- Fold the dough over and seal with a fork.
- Repeat the process for all of the dough circles.
- Using a fork, poke holes into each pie.
- Assemble the formed pies onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Brush each pie with the egg wash.
- Place into oven and bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown.
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