Turkey Mince Pie Recipes

TURKEY AND VEGETABLE HAND PIES

Steps:

• In a food processor, combine flour, butter, baking powder, and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal. While pulsing, gradually add ice water, until a dough begins to form. Turn onto a piece of plastic wrap, and pat into a 1-inch-thick square. Wrap, and refrigerate until firm, about 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, make filling: In a large skillet, heat oil over medium. Add onion, garlic, and carrot; cook, stirring occasionally, until carrot is tender, 5 to 7 minutes. Add turkey; cook, breaking up meat with a spoon, until no longer pink, 3 to 5 minutes. Add green beans and cream; cook until sauce is slightly thickened and green beans are tender, 2 to 4 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Cool to room temperature, about 10 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. On a lightly floured work surface, roll chilled dough into a 16-inch square; cut into 4 equal squares. Dividing evenly, place filling on one half of each square, leaving a 1/4-inch border around the filling. Brush border with water; fold dough over filling to enclose completely. Press edges to seal, then crimp with a fork. With the tip of a paring knife, cut 2 to 3 small vents on top. Transfer pies to two rimmed baking sheets; bake until golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes, rotating sheets halfway through.

TURKEY SHEPHERD'S PIE

Steps:

• Boil potatoes until tender, 15 to 20 minutes. While potatoes are cooking, gather other ingredients.
• Mash potatoes with butter and milk. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Set aside.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; stir in onion. Saute onion until it has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in ground turkey, carrot, mushrooms, parsley, thyme, garlic, and chicken bouillon. Cook and stir until meat is broken up and cooked through. Add salt and pepper to taste. Stir in flour and cook for 1 minute more.
• Transfer meat mixture to a deep dish pie pan or casserole dish. Spread mashed potatoes over meat, and swirl with a fork.
• Bake in preheated oven until tops of mashed potatoes are lightly browned, about 30 minutes.

TURKEY MINCE PIE

Steps:

• Peel and chop the spuds and boil them in salted water for approx 16 minutes until soft enough to mash. Drain well and allow to dry out over a very low heat for a minute, shaking the pan occasionally to stop them burning. Turn off the heat, add butter, cream and seasoning and mash until smooth and creamy. Set aside to cool
• Heat a large lidded pan and add a tablespoon of olive oil. When the oil is hot add the meat. Season well with salt and white and black pepper. Fry until the meat has changed colour and some of its liquid has cooked away. Set aside with any remaining liquid (if all the liquid cooks off that's fine but I usually find that Turkey mince holds a lot of moisture and I don't usually have the patience to cook it all off)
• Reheat the same pan and add the remaining olive oil. Once this is hot add in the diced onion and turn down the heat. Cook the onion gently for a few minutes and then add the diced celery stalk. Cook gently for approx 10 minutes until the veg has softened but not browned. Now add the meat back to the pan and turn the heat back up. Once everything is starting to bubble again add in the white wine and cook on high heat to reduce the wine, then add your stock. If you like lots of gravy you can add more stock at this point. Cook on high heat for a few minutes and then add in the sweetcorn and the chopped celery leaves. As soon as the gravy start to bubble again thicken with the cornflour to the consistency of your preference. Now turn the heat right down, place the lid on the pad and simmer for about 10 minutes.
• Transfer the pie filling to a casserole pot and allow to cool for about 20 minutes before adding the mashed potato (if you add the potato whilst the filling is hot it will start to melt into the filling). At this point, if you want you can cool the pie and set it aside in the fridge until you want to cook it. Finally, preheat your oven to 180C. Place the casserole pot onto a baking tray, sprinkle on a generous portion of cheese and bake for 45 minutes to an hour until the cheese is crispy and bubbling and the pie is hot throughout. Serve with lots of green veg and carrots...Yum!!!

MINCE PIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Combine apples, brown sugar, raisins, golden raisins, currants, orange peel, lemon zest, lemon juice, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, allspice, mace, and ginger in a medium saucepan. Mix together and bring to a boil over medium heat. Immediately turn the heat down to the lowest setting on your stovetop. Simmer, stirring frequently to ensure the mixture does not stick to the bottom of the pan, 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Remove from the heat and leave to cool while you prepare your pastry.
• Unroll pie crusts onto a flat surface. Cut into 24 circles using a cookie cutter or the bottom of a mug.
• Place a circle into the bottom of each cup of a 12-cup cupcake tin. Fill each of the pastry circles with fruit filling. Brush the edges of the pastry with some of the beaten egg and cover with the remaining circles. Brush all of the mince pies with more beaten egg.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 35 to 45 minutes.