Cheat's Corned Beef Pie
Cheat's Corned Beef Pie

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Cheat's Corned Beef Pie is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Cheat's Corned Beef Pie is something which I have loved my whole life.

How to make a delicious Corned beef and potato pie, easy step by step instructions from start to finish. Traditional Newfoundland Corned Beef Cakes - Bonita's Kitchen. Use good-quality tinned corned beef for the best flavour and choose a reasonably waxy potato variety such as Desiree, that will hold its shape in the pie, giving a good texture.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook cheat's corned beef pie using 14 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Cheat's Corned Beef Pie:
  1. Get For the Pastry:
  2. Take 250 g flour
  3. Take 1 Pinch salt
  4. Take 55 g butter, cold & cubed
  5. Take 55 g lard, cold & cubed
  6. Make ready 1 egg yolk
  7. Make ready For the Filling:
  8. Prepare 1/2 (1 pack) frozen diced onions
  9. Make ready 2 knobs butter
  10. Get 1 small & 1 large tin of corned beef
  11. Get 1 packet frozen mashed potatoes
  12. Take 1 splash milk
  13. Take 1 tsp white pepper & salt
  14. Take 1 egg, beaten

The corned beef from which the pie derives its name may be leftover corned beef. Sobald die Kartoffeln abgegossen sind, das Corned Beef hinzu geben und alles zerstampfen, bis es zu einer Paste wird. Dann je nach Geschmack etwas Salz und Pfeffer dazugeben und verrühren. Corned beef is essentially beef cured in a salt brine, with some pickling spices for added flavor.

Instructions to make Cheat's Corned Beef Pie:
  1. Add the flour, salt, butter, and lard to the bowl of a food processor, blitz a few times until the mix resembles breadcrumbs. Add the yolk and 1 tbsp of water, blitz again a few times until a dough starts to form, you may need a little more water. Tip the mixture onto a lightly floured surface and bring together with your hand, but do not kneed it, cover with cling film chill in the fridge for 30 mins.
  2. Add the butter to a frying pan and heat gently, once melted add the onion and cook on low until the onion is soft and translucent, don't allow the onion to brown.
  3. Microwave the mashed potatoes for 5-8 minutes, stirring every few minutes, once soft add the milk and butter. Chop up the corned beef and add it to the potato whilst the potatoes are still warm, it makes the mixture easier to combine. Add the pepper and salt, taste to check the seasoning. Then mix through the cooked onions.
  4. Preheat the oven to 200C fan. Add a heavy-bottomed baking sheet to the oven to preheat. Roll out half the pastry large enough to cover the base and sides of a 9-inch pie tin. I like to push my pastry into the tin using a piece of wast pastry wrapped in cling film and dipped in flour.
  5. Fill the pastry base with the corned beef filling, it should be slightly domed, brush around the edge of the cooked pastry with the beaten egg. Roll out the second piece of pastry and top the pie. Use your thumb to press the top layer of pastry onto the bottom of the pastry. Cut a small hole into the centre of the pastry to release the steam, then egg wash all over and sprinkle with sea salt flakes.
  6. Place the pie in the oven on top of the preheated baking sheet. Bake for 15 minutes then lower the temperature to 150 fan for a further 20-25 minutes. Allow to cool completely and then refridgerate before slicing.
  7. To decorate for halloween, I use Halloween cookie cutters to cut out shapes with left over pastry, then paint on the design with gel colouring diluted with a little water.

Corned beef gets its vibrant pink color from the use of sodium nitrite, a chemical compound that also adds flavor and helps inhibit bacterial growth. Chop the corned beef into small squares and stir it into the potato mix with a fork till all combined well. Take the pastry from the fridge and let it rest for five minutes before rolling it out. Knock up the sides of the pastry, press around the edge with a fork and crimp the edge of the pie with your fingers. Brown onion and corned beef, then mix in other. simmer.

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