🥧 Australian Meat Pie

Name: Australian Meat Pie
Total time: 75 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Australia
Ingredients: 2 sheets puff pastry (about 350 g); 400 g minced beef; 1 onion, finely chopped; 2 tomatoes, chopped; 300 ml beef gravy (ready-made or from stock); 1 tbsp oil; salt and pepper

Origin: Australia

510kcal

per serving · 200 g

255kcal

per 100 g

20 gProtein10 g / 100 g

30 gFat15 g / 100 g

38 gCarbs19 g / 100 g

The Australian meat pie is a hand-sized pie of flaky pastry filled with minced or diced beef, onion and tomato in a thick, rich gravy. The crust shatters on the first bite while the filling stays hot and saucy. It is eaten as a takeaway snack, often at football matches, and almost always with a squeeze of tomato sauce on top.

Diets

Pork — checkbecause of: gravy

Not vegetarianbecause of: beef, gravy

Not veganbecause of: beef, gravy

Contains glutenbecause of: puff pastry, gravy

Contains dairyno milk, cheese, butter or yogurt in a typical recipe

Not keto19 g carbs per 100 g

Allergens

Contains (in a typical recipe):

⚠ Gluten ⚠ Milk

What it is made of

beefpuff pastryoniongravytomato

Recipe

4 servings75 min

Ingredients

2 sheets puff pastry (about 350 g)
400 g minced beef
1 onion, finely chopped
2 tomatoes, chopped
300 ml beef gravy (ready-made or from stock)
1 tbsp oil
salt and pepper

Method

Brown the onion in the oil, then add the beef and cook until no longer pink.
Add the tomatoes and gravy, season and simmer 20 minutes until thick; cool completely.
Line 4 small pie tins with pastry, fill with the beef and cover with pastry lids, pressing the edges to seal.
Cut a small steam hole in each lid and bake at 200 °C for 25–30 minutes until golden.

How to make it lighter

Use a pastry lid only and skip the base to remove a large share of the pastry fat.
Choose lean minced beef and skim fat off the filling before baking.
One small pie with a salad is a meal; a large bakery pie can be close to double a home-sized one.

History

Savoury pies arrived in Australia with British settlers in the 19th century and became a staple of bakeries and pie carts. Over time the individual beef pie became closely tied to Australian identity and sporting events. Today it is sold in bakeries, service stations and stadiums across Australia and New Zealand.

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Values are estimates per 100 g for a typical recipe; home and restaurant versions vary. Diets and allergens are worked out from the ingredients of a typical recipe — always check with whoever cooked the dish. Not medical advice. Nutrition data: Me Nutrition dish database v13. How we count →