The Belize Meat Pie is eaten all day in every part of Belize from breakfast to supper.
My recipe is the same one I used when I supplied the UK Belize Embassy with 500 pies for a function, and they were well received.
Belize Meat Pie
The Belize Meat Pie is sold all over the country eaten from breakfast to supper and very tasty
- 1 lb Beef Mince
- 1 tsp Sazon Tropical Seasoning
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp Ground Black Pepper
- 1 tbsp Brown Sugar
- 1 tbsp Ground Cumin
- 1 tbsp Garlic Powder
- 1 each Onions
- 2 tbsp Corn Starch
- 1 tsp Ground Cayenne Pepper
- 1 tbsp Worcester Sauce
- 1 pint Beef Stock
- 600 grm Short Crust Pastry
- 1 tbsp Tomato Ketchup
fry onions with salt and sugar till brown, add beef and brown add rest of ingredients, with 1 pint cold water mix in cornstarch to make a thin gravy and add to mix simmer to thicken. using 2 muffin tins make up 24 pies put a tablespoon of filling and top up with the stock needs to be nice and juicy, cook for 30 mins at 180/200.
For the pastry use https://fatblokecooks.com/short-crust-pastry/
