Savory Meat Pie Recipes

Steps:

• In a saucepan, cook potatoes in boiling water until tender; mash and set aside. , Meanwhile, in a large skillet, brown beef until no longer pink; drain. Stir in the next nine ingredients. Simmer for 4-5 minutes. Stir in the potatoes, parsley and chili sauce; remove from the heat. , Place bottom pastry in a 9-in. pie plate; brush with mustard. Add the meat mixture. Top with remaining pastry; seal and flute edges. Cut slits in the top crust. , Brush with milk. Bake at 450° for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 350° bake 25 minutes longer or until golden brown.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425°F. Prepare pie crusts as directed on box for two-crust pie, using 9-inch glass pie plate.
• In 12-inch skillet, cook beef and garlic over medium-high heat 5 to 7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until beef is thoroughly cooked; drain. Transfer beef mixture to large bowl. In same skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add carrots; cook 3 to 4 minutes, stirring occasionally, until crisp-tender. Add carrots, potatoes, bacon, thyme and pepper to beef mixture.
• In small bowl, mix broth and cornstarch with whisk; pour into skillet. Heat to boiling over medium heat. Cook about 2 minutes or until thickened. Pour over beef and vegetables; stir to combine. Spoon mixture into crust-lined pie plate.
• Top with second crust; seal edge and flute. Cut slits in several places in top crust. In small bowl, beat egg and water. Brush over top crust.
• Bake 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 375°F; bake 40 to 45 minutes longer or until crust is browned, placing sheet of foil over entire crust for last 20 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°F (232°C).
• In a saucepan, cook potatoes in boiling water until tender.
• While the potatoes cook, in a skillet sauté the ground turkey in the oil; drain.
• Into the the cooked meat, stir the scallions, carrot, garlic and the seasonings; remove from heat.
• When the potatoes are done, mash them down, stir them into the beef mixture with the parsley and chili sauce.
• Place one pie crust into a 9 inch pie plate; brush the crust with the Dijon mustard.
• Add meat mixture; top with 2nd pie crust; seal and flute crust edges; cut slits in top crust to vent; brush top crust with milk.
• Bake in preheated oven for approximately 10 minutes; then reduce oven temperature to 350°F (176°C) and continue baking for approximately 25 minutes more or until golden brown.

Steps:

• Prepare dough, using bread machine.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Saute onion, celery and garlic in olive oil for about 5 minutes, or until onion starts to soften.
• Add sliced mushrooms and continue cooking until mushrooms are tender.
• Add cooked beef and spices.
• Stir to blend well, then add the wine and cooked vegetables.
• Allow mixture to simmer while you prepare the brown sauce.
• Melt butter in a small saucepan.
• Gradually add the flour, stirring so as to avoid lumps.
• Stir in beef broth and blend well.
• When this is thoroughly blended, bring to a boil, then reduce to simmer.
• Add balsamic vinegar and stir.
• Add up to 2 c bread crumbs to thicken filling as desired, then remove from heat.
• Roll out dough so that it is 1 1/2 times the size of your pie pan.
• Carefully place crust into pie pan.
• Crust will hang over the edges.
• Pour the filling into the prepared pan, cover with brown sauce.
• Bring outer edges of crust toward the center and pinch dough to close.
• Do not seal too tightly.
• You want to allow space for steam to escape.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes or until crust is nicely browned.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Pie Crust: Mix flour and shortening. Add salt and cold water. Add all the cold water at once and mix delicately. Form a ball and refrigerate for 2 hours.
• Once dough is chilled, flour your worktop. Divide dough in half. Roll out 2 pie crusts. One should be slightly larger than the other, this will be your bottom crust.
• Meat Filling: Heat the oil in a large pot. Add the pork and onion and cook over medium-low heat for 45 minutes, stirring often. When pork is cooked remove fat from pan. Add grated potato, salt, pepper, and allspice, to taste. Stir well, and let mixture rest for 20 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Butter the bottom of 9-inch pie plate. Place the bottom crust in the pie plate and poke several holes in the crust with a fork. Make sure an ample amount of crust spills over the edges of the pie plate. Fill the crust with the meat mixture. Level with a spatula. Wet edges of bottom crust and place top crust over meat mixture. Press top crust onto meat mixture to eliminate any air holes. Beat together the egg and the milk to make an egg wash. Pinch the crust edges together and brush the top crust with the egg wash.
• Bake for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees F and continue baking for 15 minutes or until crust is golden brown.
• Slice and serve hot or cold.