Pork Pies
Goan speciality
Ingredients
- 1/2 kg Pork
- 6 nos Onions large
- 2 tbsp Tamarind water Puli
- 1 tsp Sugar
- Salt As reqd
- For the dough:
- 250 gmn Flour seived thrice with 1/2 teaspoon baking powder or 125 gm flour and 125 gm semolina/rava seived with baking powder
- 3 nos Egg yolks
- 1 tbsp Ghee
- 1/4 tsp Salt
For the ground spices:
- 2 nos Green chillies
- 1 no Red chilly Kollamulaku
- 1/2" piece Ginger
- 6 nos Garlic pods
- Cumin seeds A pinch, Jeerakam
- 1/4" piece Turmeric
- 6 nos Peppercorns
- 1" piece Cinnamom Karugapatta
- 6 nos Cloves Grambu
Instructions
- For the dough: Knead all the ingredients thoroughly till a soft dough is formed and keep it aside. Do not use water.
- For making pork pies: cut into fine pieces or minced.Mix together the cut/minced pork and the ground spices well.
- Brown the sliced onions in a little oil and add the meat mixture and fry well.
- Add two tbsp of tamarind water or vinegar, a tsp of sugar and a little warm water just enough to allow the meat to cook. Remove from fire when the preparation gets relatively dry. Salt may be added if desired.
- Divide the dough into small even-sized balls.
- Spread them on greased aluminum forms, fill with meat stuffing and cover with remaining dough.
- Close every empadinha well till it has a nice finish.
- Brush the top of each empadinha with beaten egg yolk to give it a glazed finish.
- Bake till light brown.
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