Baked Southern Meat Pies
Filled with well-spiced beef and vegetables, plus the golden brown tender crust will surely be a crowd’s favorite on your occasion. This is no other than baked southern meat pies! Perfect as a main meal or simply for snacks.
What are Baked Southern Meat Pies?
Baked Southern Meat Pies are empanada-like dishes that could be served as the main meal on your occasion. More so, this dish is filled with well-spiced beef sirloin and vegetables enveloped in a tender and golden-brown crust.
Subsequently, these meat pies are very popular, especially in Louisiana. Not only because of its party of culture but because of the perfect taste it offers. However, there is no need to get to Louisiana just to have a taste of these meat pies, because you can create these at the comfort of your home.
What Equipment and Ingredients You’ll Prepare?
On the one hand, prepare your cast iron or heavy bottom frying pan and wooden Spoon as tools needed in sauteing the filling of the meat pies.
On the other hand, the ingredients of the baked southern meat pies are the following:
- Olive oil. For sautéing, you need 2 tablespoons.
- Green cabbage. This must be shredded or cut very thinly.
- Red potatoes. This must be scrubbed and diced.
- Lean ground sirloin. You will need ½ pound.
- Tomato paste. Just one and a half tablespoons.
- Worcestershire sauce and thyme. Both require just ½ teaspoon.
- Ready to eat pie crust
- Salt and pepper. Prepare possibly more to suit your tastes.
How to Prepare the Filling of the Baked Southern Meat Pies?
The preparation of the filling of the pie involves sauteing of ingredients. Just begin by adding the olive oil to the pan and saute the potatoes and cabbage for 5 to 7 minutes or until they turn brown.
Subsequently. Remove the veggies from the pan and add the sirloin. This is followed by the addition of tomato paste, Worcestershire sauce, potatoes, cabbage, thyme, salt, and pepper. Then, just add water and bring it to a boil. Also, reduce the heat and add the potatoes to give time to soften. Once the meat mixture is done and has been seasoned to your liking, let cool.
How to Bake the Southern Meat Pies?
Using store-bought or homemade pie crust, cut out circles (3 to 5 inches in diameter). The larger the circle the bigger the pie will be when folded. For smaller circles, you can sandwich the meat mixture but enclose another pie crust on top. Be sure to cut 3 slits in the top of the crust, to vent the pies. Bake them in a 400-degree oven for 12-15 mins or until golden brown.
Are You Fond of Big Flavors?
If your family is big on bold flavors, try sautéing the potatoes and cabbage plus some diced onion and a minced garlic clove in butter and olive oil for an added depth of flavor. Fresh herbs work beautifully in this dish as well as freshly ground black pepper and sea salt.
Chef’s Notes:
This is a traditional Irish dish served during the observance of St Patrick’s Day, a religious holiday. While using a pie crust is traditional, using a can of rolled-out biscuits is a beautiful twist on this already delicious recipe. Using various sized cookie or biscuit cutters worked well with the pie crust, regardless of shape or size. The biscuit method does not necessarily need an egg wash but the pie crust method will need an egg wash to help achieve a nice golden brown color.
Baked Southern Meat Pies
Equipment
- Cast iron or heavy bottom frying pan
- Wooden Spoon
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- ¼ head green cabbage shredded (cut very thin)
- ¼ pound red potatoes scrubbed and diced
- ½ pound lean ground sirloin
- 1.5 tablespoons tomato paste
- ½ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- ½ tsp thyme
- Ready to eat pie crust
- ¼ to ½ teaspoon of salt and pepper possibly more to suit your tastes
Instructions
- Add diced potatoes and shredded cabbage to a cast iron skillet with the two tablespoons of olive oil. Sautee for 5-7 mins until it begins to turn brown.
- Remove from the pan and add ground sirloin into the pan.
- Cook all the way through, then add tomato paste, Worcestershire sauce, potatoes, cabbage, thyme, salt and pepper.
- Cook another 3-4 mins. Add in ½ cup of water and bring to a boil.
- Cover and reduce heat to low for 10 mins allowing the potatoes time to become soft.
- Stir every couple of mins to ensure no burning.
- Once the meat mixture is done and has been seasoned to your liking, let cool.
- Using store bought or homemade pie crust, cut out circles (3-5 inches in diameter). The larger the circle the bigger the pie will be when folded. For smaller circles, you can sandwich the meat mixture but enclosing another pie crust on top.
- Be sure to cut 3 slits in the top of the crust, to vent the pies.
- Cook in a 400-degree oven for 12-15 mins or until golden brown.
Notes
Using various sized cookie or biscuit cutters worked well with the pie crust, regardless of shape or size.
The biscuit method does not necessarily need an egg wash but the pie crust method will need an egg wash to help achieve a nice golden brown color. If your family is big on bold flavors, try sautéing the potatoes and cabbage plus some diced onion and a minced garlic clove in butter and olive oil for an added depth of flavor. Fresh herbs work beautifully in this dish as well as freshly ground black pepper and sea salt.
