Vegan Meaty Pie that's Soya-Free

No Beef and Onion Vegan pie is a delicious, winter warming recipe. Add sides of any veggie. And mash or roasted sweet potato or a Maris Piper / King Edward white potato. We’ve air fried the pie and veggies in our recipe. But the recipe instructions include standard oven temperatures.

Preheat oven to 180C/ 350F/ Gas Mark 4

Ingredients
FILLING
1 pack of sunflower mince.
1 tbsp of soya sauce.
1 stock cube.
300ml of water.
1 tablespoon of plain flour.
11/2 tsp of mixed herbs.
1/2 tsp of salt.

PASTRY
350 g Spelt flour / Plain Flour or Gluten Free Flour
175 g Vegan Butter OR Coconut Oil
¼ teaspoon Sea Salt
120 ml Cold water

*Make the mince and onion filling.*

*1* *Fry onion and garlic.* Dice the onion and fry on a low heat for 10-15m. Add garlic and fry for 1m.

*2* *Add sunflower mince and remaining ingredients to the saucepan.* Add:
1 pack of sunflower mince.
1 tbsp of soya sauce.
1 stock cube.
300ml of water.
1 tablespoon of plain flour.
11/2 tsp of mixed herbs.
1/2 tsp of salt.

Add cook for 10 minutes. Then turn off flame and leave to cool completely.

*3* *Make Pastry in a bowl.* Add 350g of flour to a bowl. Stir in a1/4 tsp of salt. Add 175g of vegan butter or coconut butter (mild). Rub between tips of fingers until it looks like breadcrumbs. Add half of the water (60ml) and mix in with a spoon. Add a the remaining water little by little. Until it dough is soft but not sticky. Gather it into a ball. And leave to rest for 30m.

*4* *Assemble the Pie.* *Assemble and bake*. Divide the pastry into two. Roll out one pice of pastry on a floured surface to 2-3mm think to line pie tin. Add the Sunflower Mince and Onion filling to the pastry case. And brush the pastry edge with water. Roll our remaining pastry. Add to top of pie. Press the edges together. Trim the excess pastry. Use a fork or your fingers to press the edge of pastry together to seal the pie. Brush the pastry with a mixture of 1 tbsp of maple syrup and water.

*5* *Bake.* Place in oven and bake for 45m.