Shredded Beef Steak & Onion Pies

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The Aussie staple? Why yes, I would have to say the humble meat pie is a regular in the Australian diet. You can’t walk into a bakery without seeing these savory delights. Ahh… my mouth waters at the thought!

This is a delicious recipe for a ‘Shredded’ beef pie – chunks of steak are baked for hours until they fall apart. They are wonderfully indulgent parcels of pastry. If you have never tried a meat pie, well I assure you this is the recipe for you! You will be converted forever.

Shredded Beef Steak Pies

Makes 12 individual

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Chicken & Vegetable Pies

Chicken & Vegetable Pies

There is one downside to having a food blog – it can be difficult to post on an empty stomach! LOL!  I also enjoy browsing the net for recipes to try in my spare time and that can also get your tummy rumbling if you are in between meals

This recipe makes one pretty big pie but I like to make it as individual pies and could probably make about 12 – 14. If you have any left over filling, it is really yummy in toasted sandwiches

Chicken &

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Massive Vegetable Quiche

Massive Vegetable Quiche

I have been married to my husband for nearly 8 years now and can you believe I only just recently found out he really likes Quiche?? We went to an awesome pie shop in Brooklyn called ‘The Blue Stove’ they served the best sweet pies and quiche I have ever had.  The quiche had the lightest, fluffiest texture – it was just divine.

I wanted to try and replicate the airiness of the quiche I had in Brooklyn but I also wanted to make a really chunky man’s quiche…. none of this delicate petite quiche you see around the place.

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Aussie Chunky Steak Meat Pies

Aussie Chunky Steak Pie

When you think of Australian food you could easily associate with our country, not a lot comes to mind.  Most countries are lucky enough to have dish after dish of culinary identity to call their own, while we seem to be struggling to come up with a handful of iconic dishes and as a consequence we hold on to the ones we do have for dear life.  We are a new nation so are a little bit behind in finding our own food identity.  So what do we call our own with our heads held high with Australian pride?  The

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