Michigan Meat Pies 4 servingsThese meat pies are very filling…

Michigan Meat Pies

4 servings

These meat pies are very filling and are a complete meal as
they have meat, potatoes and vegetables all wrapped up in a flaky pastry crust.  Originally these pies were used as a handy
food for miners who packed them and ate them for lunch.

Ingredients

Flaky crust: (make 2 or use ready made pie crusts)

1 ½ cups flour

¼ teaspoon salt

¼ cup cold, unsalted butter

¼ cup shortening

4-5 tablespoons cold water

Meat pie

½  pound
ground beef, 80/20 or 85/15

½ pound ground pork

1 ½ cups potato diced

½ cup onion, diced

½ cup rutabaga (or turnip) diced

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 ½ teaspoons salt

¼ teaspoon ground black pepper

2 tablespoons melted butter to brush on top of
pies

Directions

Place
the flour, salt, butter and shortening in a food processor.  Using the pulse setting, pulse the ingredients
until you see large crumbs forming.  Add the
cold water and pulse until the mixture starts to form a ball. (Do not over mix).

Take
the dough out of the food processor and shape it into a round disc.  Wrap it with plastic wrap and place in the
freezer for about 10 minutes to make it easy to handle.

Preheat the oven
to 400°

While the dough
is cooling make the meat filling.  Mix
the ground beef, ground pork, diced potato, diced onion, diced rutabaga, minced
cloves, salt and pepper In a large bowl.

Take the dough
out of the freezer and place between two sheets of wax paper.  (The dough won’t stick to the wax paper and
eliminates the need for adding more flour to the dough)  Then, with a rolling pin, roll the dough into
a 12 inch circle. (Do the same with a premade pie crust.)  Cut the dough in half.  A pizza cutter with a rotating blade comes in
handy for doing this.  Place ¼ of the
meat mixture on one side of the halved pie crust.  Fold the dough over to enclose the meat
mixture.  Some water brushed on the edges
of the dough could help keep the dough together.  Fold over and crimp the edges to help the
pastry stay closed.  Repeat the process
with the rest of the crust and meat filling.

Place parchment
paper on a couple of baking sheets and place the meat pies on them.  Cut several slits on the top of the pies and
brush with the melted butter. Bake for
about 40 minutes.

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