Spicy meat pie

AUTHOR
Janie Gentry
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
4 3
COOK TIME
210 mins
TOTAL TIME
210 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 1
  • 200 g Flour
  • 1 TEASPOON Salt
  • 75 g Butter or margarine
  • 100 g fat bacon
  • 1 small onion
  • 150 g Veal
  • 100 g Beef tongue (cold cuts)
  • 200 g Beefsteak minced meat
  • 1 Egg
  • 4 TABLESPOONS Madeira
  • 3 TABLESPOONS Whipped cream
  • 2 TEASPOONS green pepper
  • 1/2 bunch Parsley
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp white pepper
  • 1 Egg Yolk
  • 7-10 Tbsp green peppercorns

Directions

  1. 1

    Knead flour, salt and fat with just under 1/8 litre of cold water. Put in a cool place for 1 hour. For the filling, dice the bacon and fry in a pan. Peel onion, dice finely, add to bacon and fry until golden brown. Chop the veal in the universal chopper. Cut the tongue into fine cubes.

  2. 2

    Mix everything with bacon and minced beefsteak. Add egg, Madeira, cream and green pepper. Wash parsley, chop finely, add to the meat dough and mix in. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Roll out the pâté dough thinly. Cut out a round plate (approx. 22 cm Ø) and place it in a pâté dish (approx. 16 cm Ø). Press the rim firmly. Fill in the meat dough and smooth it down. Now cut out a second plate (approx. 16 cm Ø) and coat the edge with egg yolk. Put the lid on the pâté and press it down well. For decoration cut out small leaves, slightly larger petals, two petals and a stem.

  3. 3

    Press the rim firmly. Fill in the meat dough and smooth it down. Now cut out a second plate (approx. 16 cm Ø) and coat the edge with egg yolk. Put the lid on the pâté and press it down well. For decoration cut out small leaves, slightly larger petals, two petals and a stem. Spread the lid of the pâté with egg yolk and cover the edge with the small leaves. Cut a chimney into the pâté with a pointed knife. Line the edge with the petals and decorate them with green peppercorns. Put on the stem and petals. Brush everything again with egg yolk and bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/ gas: level 2) for 1 1/4 hours. Let it cool down well and wrap it in cling film as a present

  4. 4

    Spread the lid of the pâté with egg yolk and cover the edge with the small leaves. Cut a chimney into the pâté with a pointed knife. Line the edge with the petals and decorate them with green peppercorns. Put on the stem and petals. Brush everything again with egg yolk and bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/ gas: level 2) for 1 1/4 hours. Let it cool down well and wrap it in cling film as a present

  5. 5

    The pâté has a total of about 12850 kJ/ 3060 kcal

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