Beef and Onion Pies

Plucked this one out of the Metro the other day - looks like a winner bt needs refining:

Pastry

• Place 105g of beef dripping in a saucepan and melt with 300ml of water
• Stir in 450g of plain flour and 1 tsp of salt
• Knead into a dough, wrap it and bung it in the fridge

Filling:

• Fry 1kg of onions in 50g of butter with some seasoning for about 5 minutes
• Stir in 1kg of mince
• Sprinkle in 100g of flour and stir well
• Add a pinch of nutmeg and 2 tsp of soy followed by 500ml of quality beef stock
• Simmer for 10 minutes and leave to cool

Creating:

• Roll out the pastry and cut out circles larger than pie tins
• Pop in the filling and top with ready rolled puff pastry
• Press to seal
• Brush with a beaten egg and cook for 20-25 minutes at 190