MEAT PATTIES
MEAT PATTIES
MEAT PATTIES

Ingredients
  • 40g/1½oz lard
  • 40g/1½oz butter
  • 175g/6oz plain flour
  • pinch of salt
  • 1 free-range egg
  • beaten with a drop of milk
  • 1 small onion
  • chopped
  • 1 tbsp oil or butter
  • 1 thick slice bread
  • 125g/4½oz roast beef
  • or other cooked meat
  • leftover gravy
  • sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Directions
  • First make the pastry. Rub the fat into the flour
  • or pulse in a food processor
  • until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Add the salt and mix with enough water to form a dough.
  • Wrap the dough in cling film and leave it to rest in the fridge while you make the filling.
  • Heat the oil in a frying pan and fry the onion for 4-5 minutes
  • or until soft
  • then leave to cool.
  • Blend the bread in a food processor to make breadcrumbs
  • then add the meat and onion and pulse until coarsely chopped.
  • Tip the mixture into a bowl and add enough gravy to make a soft mixture. Season
  • to taste
  • with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper.
  • Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6. Grease a 12-hole patty tin (or fairy cake tin).
  • Roll out the pastry and cut 10 large circles for the bases of the pies and 10 smaller circles for the lids.
  • Place the larger pastry rounds in greased patty tins and add a heaped teaspoon of filling to each. Dampen the edges of the patties with water and top with the lids
  • making sure the edges are well sealed.
  • Brush the patties with the beaten egg and pierce a hole in each one to allow the steam to escape. Bake the patties in the preheated oven for 20–30 minutes or until golden-brown.