Posted on
14 December 2015
by
Andy Bates
UAE Pie and Mash [1]
UAE Pie and Mash
Ingredients
Serves 4
500g minced lamb
1 onion finely chopped
4 cloves of garlic crushed
1 onion, finely diced
1 tbsp tomato puree
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp ground allspice
1 tsp ground coriander
1 pinch ground nutmeg
1 tsp cinnamon
2 tbsp olive oil
500ml chicken stock
30g toasted pine nuts
salt and pepper
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Pastry</strong>
200g plain flour
125g cold butter cubed
pinch of salt
1 egg yolk
dash of water
egg yolk for brushing
<strong>Broad Bean mash</strong>
1.5kg Podded Broad Beans
1 Medium Potato peeled, cooked and mashed
500Ml milk
25Ml Extra Virgin Olive Oil
50g Grated Parmesan
Handful Mint Leaves chopped
50g feta
zest of a lemon
Preparation
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For the pastry, sift the flour and salt into a bowl add the butter, gently mix, add the egg yolk and a dash of water and combine to a dough making sure there are butter lumps throughout. Wrap and chill.
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in a saucepan, heat the oil till smoking and fry off the lamb in batches until browned and golden all over. transfer with a slotted spoon to a plate.
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to the pan add the onions and garlic, lower the heat and sweat off for 5 minutes.
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Add the spices and cook off for a further 5 minutes.
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Add the tomato puree and chicken stock, place lid on and cook for 2 hours.
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Remove the lid, turn up the heat and reduce by a ? to thicken.
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Season, add the pine nuts and allow to cool.
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<strong>To assemble</strong>
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Pre heat oven to 180c.
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Fill 4 individual pie dishes with the lamb filling.
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Brush the rims of the pie dishes with egg yolk.
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Separate the pastry into 4 and roll into circles/ovals 10mm thick making sure they overlap each pie dish, top with a circle of pastry, seal and crimp the edges and trim around the sides to neaten if needed. Brush pastry with the egg yolk. Bake for about 25-30 minutes till the pastry is golden brown. Cool for 5-10 minutes before serving.
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<strong>For the Mash</strong>
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Remove the outer shell of the beans,
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In a saucepan, bring to the boil the milk and add the beans, cook for 3-4mins.
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with a slotted spoon, transfer the beans to a food processor and puree.
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Add the potato, parmesan, salt and pepper, mint and a little of the milk to loosen.
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quickly blitz to combine.
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transfer to a bowl and garnish with the crumbled feta and a drizzle of olive oil.
Cooks Note