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Sunday, April 28, 2013

Steak and Onion Pie

Steak and Onion Pie
The Celebration: First Blog Post of 2013!
The Soundtrack: John Mellencamp - The Best That I Could Do
The Meal: Steak and Onion Pie

The Drink: 12YO El Dorado Rum

First off, happy New Year to any loyal follower that may have made it through this postless winter and is still actually checking for updates.  I've been exceptionally busy and while I have been eating quite well, its been a lot of travels and a lot of repeat meals.  I always fall back to the classics when pressed for time. For the record, I've had a few blog worthy meals during this drought, but I've had people over and my dedication to hosting trumps blogging.

It was time to pull out a classic for the evening's soundtrack.  John Mellencamp's The Best that I Could Do has always been a favourite of mine and I have listened to it many times.  He has a lot of great tunes on the album and its one of those ones that you can listen to all the way through and know every song.

Delicious
Since spring has finally sprung, it was time for a nice fresh bottle of rum.  I picked up a 12 year old El Dorado from the liquor store on the way home. The Guyanese make a delicious rum! Lots of ice as always.

As for the meal, it would be too cliche to slap a BBQ post and say, "hey it was over 15 degrees, lets slap some meat on the grill" (stay tuned for a later post where I slap some meat on the grill). Steak and Onion Pie is a recipe I randomly dug out of the cupboard.  Dusted off an old classic, just like The Best that I Could Do.  Meat is great, Pie is great, so what could be better than meat pie?

Ingredients:
Coated Cubes Getting Browned
1/4 Cup Flour
2 Tsp Salt
1/2 Tsp Pepper
1/2 Tsp Paprika
A little Ground Ginger
Titch Ground All Spice
1lb Cubed Beef (Round Steak)
Cooking Oil
1 Medium Onion Diced
2 Medium Potatoes Diced
2 Cups Water

Simmering the Filling

In a bowl, mix together the flour, salt, pepper, paprika, ginger and all spice. Coat the meat cubes in the flour blend and put them into a hot pan with the oil and brown on medium.  Add the onion, potatoes, the remainder of the flour mix and the water and simmer for 20 minutes until the potatoes are soft.

I've already covered the pie pastry in a previous post and once again I am digging into the freezer to grab a pre-made batch from the last time my mother visited.  Once the pastry is rolled and in the 10" pie plate, load the filling and top with another roll of pastry, seal the edges and brush with eggwash to help turn golden brown.  Cook at 450F for 20-25 minutes.

It's been a while since I've had a good pie related meal and this one did not disappoint.



Going forward, I probably won't have the time to do as many posts as I did in 2012, but fear not, the blog is not dead! There will always be new recipes to try and fun ideas to cook up!
Steak and Onion Pie with Grilled Vegetables