🇬🇭 Ghanaian Cuisine

Ghanaian Meat Pie

Savory Meat Pastry

Prep Time 1 hour 30 min
Servings 8
Difficulty Medium
Calories 372 kcal

A flaky, golden pastry shell filled with well-seasoned minced beef, potatoes, and onions — Ghana's favourite bakery snack for any time of day.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Rub butter into flour until it resembles breadcrumbs. Add egg yolk and water to form dough. Chill 30 minutes.
  2. 2 Sauté onion, brown mince, add potatoes, carrot, curry, thyme, bouillon, and water. Cook until tender. Cool.
  3. 3 Roll out pastry, cut circles. Place filling on half, fold and seal with a fork.
  4. 4 Brush with beaten egg. Bake at 180C for 25-30 minutes until golden.
  5. 5 Cool slightly and serve.

Did You Know?

The queue at a good meat pie bakery in Accra can stretch around the corner, especially in the morning rush when fresh pies come out of the oven.