Australian Meat Pie Recipe [Australische Fleischpastete Rezept]

When I heard the word "meat pie" for the first time, I would have never thought, that it could be something delicious. Too much meat always seems very heavy and spicy ... but this meat pie was super delicious!
For the vegetable part, I've added carrots, but you can also add other vegetables, that'll cook through within the time and aren't too soggy (so no tomatoes).


Australian Meat Pie for 5 (330kcal per serving)

300g mixed minced meat
1 big onion
125g bacon
150g carrots (not in the recipe, added by me, really good!)
3 garlic gloves
2 1/2 tbsp flour
500ml meat broth
60g butter
2 bay leaves
2tbsp ketchup
250g flaky pastry (frozen)
1 beaten egg
salt and pepper to your taste
a casserole

1. Peel the onion, then chop it. Peel the garlic and chop it as well. Cut the carrots into 5mm pieces. Cut the bacon into 5mm cubes. Take the flaky pastry out of the freezer (Usually takes up to 10 minutes until you can use it.
2. In a big pan (everything has to fit, except the flaky pastry) melt butter on medium heat, add onions, garlic and carrots and let fry for like 5 minutes. Then, add bacon and meat and keep frying until the meat gets crumbly. Season with salt.

3. Add the flour, mix very well and make a quick roux. Add the broth, ketchup and mix well. Finally add the bay leaves and let boil up.

4. Cook on low heat for ca. 15 minutes until the fluid is almost gone. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
5. Fill in the casserole and let stand aside.
6. Preheat oven to 200°C.
7. Now we'll need the flaky pastry and a rolling pin. Powder your working space and rolling pin with flour. Lay on the flaky pastry and roll out to a thickness of 3mm. This is quite complicated.
8. With a brush, coat the surface of your filling and the edge of your casserole with egg.
9. Cut the flaky pastry into shape, so it's a little bigger than your casserole. If you're using a quite big casserole, you can use several pieces of pastry. Mine was way to big, I had to lay the pastry on top of the filling, but it came out perfectly!
10. Brush the surface of the pastry with the rest of egg.

11. Place in the oven and backe for ca. 10 minutes.

12. At the end, cut in pieces and done!

Enjoy your meal!

Sichuan Style Chicken with Cashew Nuts Recipe [Hühnchen Kung Pao Rezept] (Kung Pao Chicken)

Okay, I've decided I just can't post all recipes I've cooked, because it's taking too much time.
So from now on, I'll only post the most interesting recipes first, the easier ones, where you mainly have to cut and grate, will be pushed back until later.

Kung Pao Chicken for 4 (400kcal / serving):

400g chicken breast (recipe says thighs, but breast is better, trust me)
For chicken seasoning:
1/2tsp salt
2tbsp sake (rice wine)
1 1/2 tbsp starch
50g cashew nuts
100ml salad oil
60g green bell pepper
60g red bell pepper
50g spring onions
1tsp ginger
optional 2 red chilis (this dish is actually hot, but I was cooking for my family and they can't stand it spicy)
For seasoning:
3tbsp soysauce
2tsp sake
2tsp sugar
2tsp rice vinegar
5tbsp chicken broth
2tbsp starch

1. In a small bowl, soak the cashew nuts in oil for about 10 minutes.
2. Peel onions and cut into cubes. Clean the bell peppers, then cut into 1cm pieces. Cut the chilis into small rings. Peel the ginger and cut into small stripes. Cut the spring onions into 2cm pieces.
3. Cut the meat into 1cm pieces. Put in a bowl, then add  salt, sake and starch.

4. Now lets mix the spices for the seasoning. In a bowl, combine soysauce, sake, sugar and vinegar and mix. Add broth and starch and mix well.
5. In a large pan, heat a few tbsp of salad oil to medium heat. Fry for a few minutes until the colour begins to change.
6. Add spring onions, chilis and ginger and keep frying.

 Add the bell pepper and later cashew nuts.

Fry until the meat is cooked through and the vegetables are getting tender.
7. Add the seasoning und stir until the sauce begins to thicken.

8. Serve with rice and done!

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