Beef pie will undoubtedly become a real decoration of any dining table, and it will also perfectly accompany any tea party. Next, consider some of the most interesting recipes for its preparation and the main tricks of this process.
Classic recipe
Prepared according to the standard recipe, the filling pie will appeal to all fans of hearty and delicious pastries. To create it, you must separately prepare the dough. To do this, grind in one dish the whole chicken egg, combined with a pinch of salt and a glass of flour. Next, 2.5 tbsp should be gradually introduced into this mass. flour, combined with 200 g of margarine. After mixing, from the total mass should knead the dough, which should be quite thick. In the event that the mass turns out to be liquid, you need to add a small amount of flour to it. Next, the finished dough should be stored in the refrigerator for half an hour.
Separately, you need to prepare the filling. To create it, you need to take 500 g of ground beef, add ground pepper, a little salt, and onion (one head), fried per 100 g of butter until golden. By mixing the filling, you can start collecting the cake.
The prepared dough must be divided into two equal parts and rolled. One of them should be laid out on an oiled baking sheet, and then place minced meat on top of it. Having laid the second part of the dough on the meat, you need to fasten all the ends and send the pie to the oven for baking for 40 minutes.
With beef and mushrooms
This recipe for beef pie will be able to subdue any gourmet. The output is a very tasty and satisfying pastry that will perfectly complement any tea party.
In order to make a filling for the pie, you need to take one kilogram of beef without veins, and then cut a piece into small cubes and send to a frying pan. After the meat has a golden hue (after about five to seven minutes), it must be removed from the pan, and instead fry finely chopped onions (one head) in hot vegetable oil, four cloves of garlic, a couple of chopped celery stalks, and 10 chopped quarter mushrooms. Next, the mass must be allowed to stand for about five minutes, after which 1/4 tsp should be added to it. dried rosemary, a couple of spoons of tomato paste, a little ground pepper and salt (to taste). Having mixed the mass, it is necessary to let it stand on low heat for about seven minutes. Now you need to add the fried meat, 300 ml of beer, as well as bay leaf and 3 tsp. brown sugar. Having mixed the mixture, the container must be covered with a lid and left for further languishing for 15-20 minutes - during this time the alcoholic vapor will have time to disappear.
While the filling for the pie with beef and potatoes is on fire, you need to prepare the dough for him. To do this, it is advisable to use a couple of sheets of finished puff pastry. Each of them must be thawed and rolled to medium thickness.
After the time allotted for the preparation of the filling has passed, you need to add 300 g of potatoes cut into quarters, grated carrots, and also 100 g of green peas. After mixing, the mass should be allowed to stew for another 7-10 minutes, and then let it cool slightly.
After all the components of the pie with beef and potatoes are ready, you need to lay one layer of dough on the bottom of the previously prepared form and lay the filling on top of it. From above, the dishes should be tightly covered with a second layer of dough and, having fastened the edges, the top layer of the future pie should be greased with egg white. Next, the baking sheet with the contents should be sent to the oven for 15-20 minutes.
Pie with potatoes and meat
In order to prepare a very tasty, juicy and soft pie with beef, you need to take 100 g of sour cream and combine it with the egg. Separately, it is necessary to thoroughly freeze 100 g of butter, then grate it and introduce the resulting chips into the egg-sour cream mass. Having thoroughly mixed everything, add 300 g flour and a pinch of salt to the resulting mixture of ingredients. Now from the mixture over knead the homogeneous dough and send it to the refrigerator for half an hour.
While the dough is infused for further cooking, you need to start creating minced meat for the beef pie. To do this, take 220 g of pre-cooked beef fillet and cut it into small pieces. After the component should be combined with diced potatoes, as well as finely chopped green onions. Salt a little, mix the mass, and then set it aside.
In another container, it is necessary to prepare the second part of the filling for the future pie. To do this, you need to combine 50 g of sour cream, a couple of eggs, 50 ml of milk, and also add a little pepper, salt and finely chopped dill. Stir the mass and set it aside for a while.
After all the components of the future pie are ready, you need to take a deep baking dish and grease it well with oil. Next, at the very bottom of it, you need to lay out a pre-rolled dough so that the layer forms high sides. Next, in the resulting bowl, you should put the stuffing made of beef and potatoes, and on top of everything you need to pour the liquid part of the filling. Now immediately the mass must be sent to the oven for baking for an hour.
A pie made with such a recipe with beef and potatoes in the oven turns out to be open and very beautiful.
English pie
If you want to surprise your family, you can pamper them with delicious pastries with beef filling, which is quite simple to cook at home.
To create a delicious English pie with beef, you need to take a pan with a thick bottom and fry 600 g of beef on it, cut into small cubes (2 x 2 cm). Once the meat has a golden color, it must be removed from the pan and covered with foil so that it does not cool.
Further, in the same pan, fry the onion head cut in half rings, as well as the clove of garlic. Once the vegetables are soft, they need to pour 300 ml of broth, a glass of water and a third of a glass of red wine. Pour 1 tsp into the total mass. dried thyme and bay leaf. Then, to all of the listed ingredients, you need to add meat and, having covered with a lid, leave the mass to simmer over low heat for 1.5 hours, until the beef is soft.
After the specified time, add 50 ml of water to the pan, in which you should first dilute a teaspoon of starch. Stirring, the mass must be allowed to boil for a couple of minutes and turn off the fire.
To prepare the pie, you should take a couple of pieces of puff pastry and, having rolled each of them, proceed to the formation of the product. To do this, put one layer on the bottom of the baking dish, and cooked meat on top of it. Next, close the contents with a second prepared layer of dough and, greasing with yolk, send to the oven for 30 minutes.
Ossetian pie
Properly prepared Ossetian beef pie will certainly become a favorite work of culinary art in any family. To make dough for such a product, you need to take a glass of kefir (if desired, you can replace it with ayran) and dilute a pinch of soda in it.
Separately, combine in a bowl 400 g of flour, a couple of teaspoons of dried yeast, a large pinch of salt and mix. Now to the dry part you need to add kefir, 3 tablespoons of sunflower oil and knead a homogeneous dough, then cover it and leave it in a warm place for half an hour so that the mass increases in size.
Separately, you should make the filling for the Ossetian pie. To do this, mix 400 g of ground beef with a small amount of salt and pepper, as well as finely chopped onions, chopped cilantro (six to seven sprigs), four cloves of garlic and bring the mass to uniformity.
In a baking sheet intended for baking, it is necessary to lay out a rolled layer of dough made from half of the total mass, on top of it - a filling. All this must be covered with the second part of the dough, rolled to medium thickness, and then, greased with egg yolk, sent to the oven for 40 minutes.
The output is a rather sharp, but very tasty pie.
Puff pastry pie
With beef, you can cook excellent cake made on the basis of puff pastry. To create such a work of culinary art, it is necessary to take a package of puff pastry and, dividing it into two equal parts, roll each of them, and then let it rest on the table, at room temperature.
Next, prepare the mincemeat for the pie. With beef (800 g) you need to combine a glass of pre-cooked mashed potatoes. After that, onion should be added to the total mass, fried in a hot pan with the addition of a couple of tablespoons of vegetable oil. Stuffing should be allowed to infuse and cool, after which it should be seasoned with the desired spices, among which must be present salt and a mixture of ground peppers, and also add fresh chicken egg to the minced meat and potato. After mixing the filling, you can proceed to the formation of the pie.
At the bottom of the form intended for baking the product, you need to lay one layer of dough, and on top of it - potato and meat filling and a second layer. Tightly covering all the edges, you should send the cake to the oven for 25-30 minutes.
Yeast cake
The best for making pies is yeast dough, on the basis of which you can make an excellent flour product. To create it, you need to take a couple of spoons of dried yeast and dilute them in a glass of milk preheated to 40 degrees. In a separate bowl, grind a chicken egg with half a glass of sugar, and then add a glass of melted butter and a spoonful of vegetable to the mass. Once again, whisking until smooth, you must add diluted yeast to the mass, as well as 2.5 cups of flour. Next, the ingredients should be kneaded until a uniform state is achieved. Then the dough should be covered with a clean towel and left for an hour so that it increases in volume. For all the time it needs to be washed a couple of times.
While the dough is coming up, prepare the stuffing. To do this, twist through a meat grinder 500 g of pre-cooked beef fillet, as well as onion fried in a hot pan, four tablespoons of butter and vegetable oil, as well as pepper and salt.
After all preparations, the dough should be divided into two parts, of which one should be slightly larger than the second and roll each of them into a layer of medium thickness. At the bottom of the pan you need to lay out a thick layer, cover it with a layer of minced meat and cover it with the rest of the dough, grease with yolk, and then send it to the oven for baking for an hour.
Kefir Pie
The beef pie prepared according to this recipe, the photo of which is posted below, turns out to be soft and airy. Moreover, the technology of its creation is so simple that even an inexperienced housewife will be able to master it.
To prepare the dough on kefir, extinguish 0.5 tsp. soda with a glass of kefir (for lack of one, you can use any other sour-milk drink). In kefir, gradually add a couple of eggs and a pinch of salt, as well as a glass of flour. Further, all mixed components must be brought to a state of homogeneity in order to make a dough of medium density from them.
To prepare the filling, combine the beef (300 g) passed through the meat grinder and 2-3 onions grated on a coarse grater. The mass should be seasoned with a mixture of peppers and salt to taste, and then mix thoroughly.
Half the finished dough should be poured onto a baking sheet selected for baking a beef pie. On top of it, lay out and evenly distribute the remaining dough and put in the oven.
At a temperature of 170 degrees, such a cake is baked very quickly - about 40 minutes.
Layered cake
The main feature of this pie is the airiness of the finished product, which will appeal to any gourmet. To prepare a puff pie with beef, you need to take a store puff pastry (two layers), divide them into four parts.
To create the filling, fry the chopped leek and onion in a pan. As soon as the mass acquires a golden color, you need to add to it 400 g of ground beef, as well as three cloves of chopped garlic. As soon as the minced meat is a little browned, finely chopped dill greens should be laid out to the mass, and then part of the prepared mass should be placed on a thin layer of dough laid on a baking sheet. On top of the pie should be covered with a second layer, lay out part of the minced meat again and then continue laying the ingredients in layers until they end. After the product is formed, the form with it should be sent to the oven. In order for the cake to turn rosy and beautiful, its top layer must be greased with egg yolk.
Bake the pie until cooked for 20 minutes. In finished form, such a product goes well with tomato sauces and sour cream.
Various recommendations
Despite the simplicity of cooking beef meat pies, there are certain recommendations of more experienced chefs who should be followed in order to get a tasty, juicy and magnificent product. Consider the main ones.
Practice shows that for the preparation of the products in question, both ready-made minced meat and meat cut into pieces are excellent. As indicated in many recipes, a pie with beef and potatoes, cabbage or any other vegetable additions will be more delicious if you use the second type of meat chopping for the filling - it will turn out much juicier.
As for the choice of dough for the type of cake under consideration, both puff and yeast, as well as yeast-free dough are ideal for it. Moreover, with beef it turns out to be a very delicious pie prepared in a jellied way - in this case, the dough for it is best done on the basis of kefir or mayonnaise.
In order for the finished pie to turn out not wet inside the dough, it is necessary to foresee the possibility of evaporation of moisture released during the baking of the product. To do this, before sending the baking sheet with the product into the oven, you need to make a hole in its upper part.
Beef is meat that is dry, so before you go to the pie, you must first bring it to half-preparedness. Moreover, he has a certain freshness. In order to make the pie’s taste brighter, it is advisable to add spices, garlic, onions, and red wine to the filling.