Who doesn’t love mini meat pies? They are so quick and easy to make at home.
I use puff pastry for both the base and lids to these, however you can use shortcrust for the bases and puff pastry for the lids. I use store bought pastry but your EDC has great recipes for these.
I don’t add vegetables to this mixture as I serve these with a side of salad or steamed vegetables. Peas would be a lovely additional to the mince mixture.
I haven’t forgotten about you! I have included traditional cooking instructions below the tmx method.
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Mini Meat Pies – TMX
- Total Time: 40
- Yield: 8 1x
Ingredients
Scale
- 250g beef or lamb mince
- ½ onion, peeled and halved
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled
- Oil
- 150g boiling water
- 2 beef stock cubes or a teaspoon of beef stock paste
- 1 tablespoon cornflour
- 1 tablespoon tomato sauce
- 1 tablespoon worstershire sauce
- Pepper, to taste
- 3 sheets of puff pastry or two sheets shortcrust pastry for bases and 2 sheets puff pastry for tops
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
Instructions
- Thaw pastry.
- Add onion and garlic to bowl.
- Blitz on speed 7 for 5 seconds.
- Add a drizzle of oil.
- Cook at 100 degrees, speed 2 for 4 minutes.
- Add mince.
- Cook at 100 degrees, reverse, speed 1 for 4 minutes.
- Combine water and stock cube.
- Pour into meat mixture, leaving 1 tablespoon of stock behind.
- Add cornflour to stock and mix to dissolve. Add to meat mixture.
- Add sauces and pepper.
- Cook at 100 degrees, reverse, speed 1 for 5 minutes.
- Cut 10 rounds from pastry and pop into 10 holes in a muffin tin.
- Add 2 tablespoons of meat mixture to the pastry.
- Cut 10 rounds from pastry for the lids of the pies.
- Place a lid on top of each pie and pinch with bottom layer of pastry to seal.
- Brush with a little beaten egg over the top and bake for 20 minutes or until golden.
- Prep Time: 10
- Cook Time: 30

Mini Meat Pies
- Total Time: 55
- Yield: 8 1x
Ingredients
Scale
- 250g beef or lamb mince
- ½ onion, diced
- 2 garlic cloves, diced
- Oil
- 150g boiling water
- 2 beef stock cubes
- 1 tablespoon cornflour
- 1 tablespoon tomato sauce
- 1 tablespoon worstershire sauce
- Pepper, to taste
- 3 sheets of puff pastry or two sheets shortcrust pastry for bases and 2 sheets puff pastry for tops
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
Instructions
- Thaw pastry.
- Add onion and garlic to a frying pan. Add a drizzle of oil and cook over medium heat until fragrant and translucent.
- Blitz on speed 7 for 5 seconds.
- Add mince and cook until browned.
- Combine water and stock cube.
- Pour into meat mixture, leaving 1 tablespoon of stock behind.
- Add cornflour to stock and mix to dissolve. Add to meat mixture.
- Add sauces and pepper.
- Cook over low to medium heat for 10 minutes or until thickened.
- Cut 10 rounds from pastry and pop into 10 holes in a muffin tin.
- Add 2 tablespoons of meat mixture to the pastry.
- Cut 10 rounds from pastry for the lids of the pies.
- Place a lid on top of each pie and pinch with bottom layer of pastry to seal.
- Brush with a little beaten egg over the top and bake for 20 minutes or until golden.
- Prep Time: 15
- Cook Time: 40
These will be perfect for AFL grand final day. Thanks!
I made these into 4 standard sized pies in my pie maker for dinner and were a hit! Even my fussy 2.5 year old ate it!!! Nice to find a yummy pie recipe! Thank you!
Wonderful recipe. My daughter & I made a heap of these & froze . Yum
I didn’t have much luck with this one unfortunately, my mince mixture was so watery. I had to strain it. Double checked, i put in correct water and the cornflour mixed with the set aside stock water. Any other ideas why that may have been?