On 1/31/06, Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What are the usual ingredients in a meat pie? AFOAA (a friend of an > acquaintance) has opened up a restaurant in Austin selling > Australian-style meat pies, and I'd like to find out before I trek all the > way down there whether or not I'm likely to be able to eat them (weird > assortment of food allergies). I could as Justin (the acquaintance) but I > figured our resident Aussies would be a more knowledgeable source if > information.
I'm not Aussie, but typically an Australian Meat Pie would have cubed or minced steak, salt and pepper, beef stock, flour, soy sauce or or Worcestershire sauce, egg yolk (sometimes mixed with a small amount milk or sugar for glazing the pastry), puff pastry, and water. Some recipes add thinks like onions, cornstarch, bacon, tomato sauce or ketchup. The most common "secret ingredient" is anywhere between a pinch and a dash of nutmeg (it really does go with almost anything), but some cooks will add garlic, cayenne, chili powder, or spices of that ilk. Some cooks also add veggies, but a purist would turn up her nose at that :-) Hth, Mauro _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
