Good evening everyone lit's kentonia on the block chain,
Meat pie is one of the popular snacks eaten in this part of the world particularly in Nigeria.
Many love it due to it's rich in taste and nutritional value.
Many eat it as just snacks, others eat it as lunch and many use it to entertain their guests in functions such as meetup, conference, birthday etc
But on Sunday the 3rd day of August was on of the days i feared most when i received an order from a client to make meatpie for a function, this was our conversation.
Phone rang at about 10pm Nigeria time.
Me: hello
Client: am i unto kentonia
Me: yes, good evening ma.
Client: kentonia I have a function tomorrow being Monday the 4day of August 2025. And i will be needing 15 meatpie to entertain my guest.
Me: ma but, but, but
Client: kentonia no but i know you can deliver it.
Me: okay ma
Having to make and deliver 15 meatpie was not my problem, but the short notice, with other engagement that i have lined up was the problem.
That Sunday i never had a good sleep because I was thinking on how to meet up, because disappointing a client is a no, no for me. Having it that i don't have most of the ingredients that I needed, that means I will have to visit the grocery shop in a near by market the next day.
Jumping out on my bed at 6am that Monday morning, said my prayers, rushed to the kitchen to prepare breakfast and lunch for my children.
Do my house chores, attended to few of my engagement and leaving the house to the grocery at about 15 past 11pm.
Look at me doing my little shopping
Getting home at about 10 minutes past 1pm to kick start the preparation.
****Ingredients for making meatpie
All purpose flour 1 and half kilo
Butter half kilo
Irish potato half kilo
Carrots
Miced meat
Vegetable oil
Curry and thyme
Seasoning cube
Salt
Onion 1bulb
Egg 1
Water.
Procedures for preparing meatpie filler*
- Wash and peal the Irish potato and carrot
- Dice into desired shape
- Dice you onion as well.
- Set your pot on heat, put a drop of oil, add your dice onion allow it to heat up a bit, added your miced meat and fry, leave it to be a little bit brown as you can see in this picture.
But in absence of miced meat, you can improvise using your red beef.but for some that don't eat red meat, you can use your white meat as well.
Just Wash and blend with your meat grinder or blender.
- Add your spice, curry, thyme, cube.
- Add water to your desire quantity, for me i used one cup.
Cover and allow it to boil.
- Add your dice carrots and irish potato and allow it to cook for sometime.
- Mix a corn flour Or all purpose flour in a small quantity of water and use it as a thickener. Allows it to heat up and set aside to cool as you can see.
**Procedures for mixing of dough **
- Pour the all purpose flour in a clean bowl
- Put a pinch of salt
- Add your butter and mix properly until the mixture becomes crumbs.
- Add a little water to the dough to help them bind together.
- Cover it with a Ziploc bag and set it aside for some minutes.
- Break the egg whiskey a little and set aside.
Set your work place, to ned the dough,
greese your pan with butter or oil so it would not stick to the pan.
Pour some little quantity of flour on your working table. But for me and using a piece of tiles as you can see.
Cut out a small quantity of dough, sprinkle all purpose flour on it so it doesn't stick, roll out the dough will a rolling pin.
Spread out your dough on the meatpie mould as you can see.
Fill the dough with the meatpie filler. With the help of a brush, rub the egg on the edges to see the meat pie.
Cover and cut.
Follow the same process until the pan is filled.
Heatup the oven.
Rub the egg on the top of the pie and set it in the oven to bake for 40 to 45minutes.
Check to see if it's golden brown and set outside to cool of.
Your mouth watering meatpie is ready 🥰🥰🥰🥰
I was so happy that i was able to deliver the job at exactly 3: 45pm.