WWDH - Meat Pies

This week's Wednesday with Donna Hay recipe is meat pies, chosen by Margaret from p161 of Modern Classics.  The recipe is also online here.  I made a half recipe in fluted pie pans, using light puff pastry in a bid to lower the calorie count.

I loved the meat filling in these pies.  I used blade steak, as I couldn't find round or chuck steak.  The filling contains red wine, and I found the cutest little cooking sachet of red wine courtesy of my local bottle-o - 250ml for $3:

 

Not bad, eh?  I would make the filling again just by itself - it was rich and thick and delicious.   you could add some veges to the mixture to beef it up a bit and make it like a stew.

 

Here is a peek inside of the pie to give you an idea of how good the filling was:

 

 

In true Aussie style, I served my pies with a squirt of tomato sauce.  The stir fry veges are not traditional, but made it into dinner.

To see what Margaret, Chaya and Sarah thought of these pies, visit their websites.