Chili Beef Pie

You see London inspired me quite a bit. I saw the pies in London and thought heh I should make a pie. And then my parents had a chili beef pizza and raved about what an awesome combination it was... So here we have it, healthy chili beef pie. 

It's like spicy beef stew under a blanket of pie crust. I'm going to be honest here, the crust isn't flaky and puffy like usual pie. For that you'll need puff pastry which needs lots of butter. This is more like the base of a tart kind of crust. But it is still a pie none the less, and a delicious one at that! 

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What you'll need

Pastry:

1/4 cup whole wheat flour

1/5 tsp baking powder

1 tsp oil

1/4 tsp butter extract

2 tbsp water

Filling:

100g lean beef chuck, cut into 2cm pieces

1 tsp wholemeal flour

1/2 tsp olive oil

2 tbsp onion, chopped

1/2 tsp diced garlic

1 small chili padi, diced (slightly longer than an inch) 

2 tbsp carrots, diced

2 tbsp leek, chopped

1 Swiss white button mushroom, sliced

1/2 cup water

1/2 tsp dried mixed herbs

1 tbsp tomato pasta sauce

Dash of black pepper

How to

1. To make the pastry, mix wholewheat flour with baking powder. Then form a well. Pour wet pastry ingredients in all at once, and knead to form a dough. Set aside. (As always, too dry add water, too wet add flour)

2. Toss beef cubes in wholemeal flour. Heat olive oil in a non stick pan, and fry onion, garlic and chili over medium heat. 

3. Once fragrant add in the beef and cook until the beef turns brown. Add in remaining ingredients. Mix everything together well. Simmer until the water is mostly evaporated and it's like a stew!

4. Preheat oven to 220C. Roll out dough until fairly thin. I just made it the right size for my dish. Put beef in a porcelain dish, cover with pie crust, press the edges with a fork. Cut slits in the pie crust. Bake for 25min and eat!!