> From: Julia Thompson > Subject: Re: Question for Aussies > > Mauro Diotallevi wrote: > > On 1/31/06, Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> What are the usual ingredients in a meat pie? AFOAA (a > friend of an > >> acquaintance) has opened up a restaurant in Austin selling > >> Australian-style meat pies, and I'd like to find out before I trek > >> all the way down there whether or not I'm likely to be able to eat > >> them (weird assortment of food allergies). I could as Justin (the > >> acquaintance) but I figured our resident Aussies would be a more > >> knowledgeable source if information. > > > > > > > > > > I'm not Aussie, but typically an Australian Meat Pie would > have cubed > > or minced steak, salt and pepper, beef stock, flour, soy > sauce or or > > Worcestershire sauce, egg yolk (sometimes mixed with a small amount > > milk or sugar for glazing the pastry), puff pastry, and > water. Some > > recipes add thinks like onions, cornstarch, bacon, tomato sauce or > > ketchup. The most common "secret ingredient" is anywhere between a > > pinch and a dash of nutmeg (it really does go with almost > anything), > > but some cooks will add garlic, cayenne, chili powder, or spices of > > that ilk. Some cooks also add veggies, but a purist would > turn up her > > nose at that :-) > > > > Hth, > > > > Mauro > > I think it does. Beef, then, with the possibility of bacon, > and vegetable matter I can live with. I'd need to check into > the bacon/no bacon question, but that's easy enough to ask > about at the restaurant, I think. > > Thank you! > > (Any Aussies still wanting to weigh in, your input would be > appreciated!) > > Julia
Mauro's recipe is pretty good.. Not that I have actually ever made one, just eaten plenty, but the thrust is correct. Basically meat with meat and meat sauce, wrapped in pastry. Ones with bacon would usually be clearly identified as such (i.e. Steak and Bacon) as would often those with vegetables (Steak and Vegetables). I dare say onion is probably used in even the most meat focussed however, but just to flavour the juice. There are of course plenty of variants.. Lamb pies being a personal fave, and now the more esoteric, which are just taking things too far for mine, such as asparagus/truffle/chicken pies or tuna and avocado pies. Verging on blasphemy. For the original style: http://www.post-gazette.com/food/20000914australia1d.asp Of course I cant be sure what someone in Austin is going to do to them, but if anyone is going to do it, I suppose Texan's might go close. Football, Meat pies, Kangaroo's and Holden cars Maru _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
