Memeres Meat Pie Recipes

MEMERE'S MEAT PIE

Steps:

• 1. Place ground pork and beef in large fry pan
• 2. Add water and break up with fork. Add water breaking meats up again.
• 3. Add garlic and cloves.Cover and bring to boil. Add some salt. (salt to taste)
• 4. Simmer 1 hour.Stiring breaking-up meat as it cooks Test while simmering for more needed salt,garlic or gloves. This is all up to your taste
• 5. Remove lid boil down till almost all liquid is gone. I like to keep the meat moist.
• 6. Scoop out with slotted spoon in to pie shell. Add top and place 4 fork picks on top.
• 7. Place in 350 degree pre-heated oven. Bake 1 hr till golden brown

MEMERE'S MEAT PIE AND MEAT STUFFING

Steps:

• Chop onions and celery and saute until soft.
• Lightly cook pork and drain off grease.
• Add ground beef to pork and cook 5 minutes.
• Transfer meat to deep pan, pot, or Dutch oven.
• Add onions and celery.
• Cook over low heat for 25 minutes, stirring occasionally to prevent sticking.
• Drain any grease that has surfaced, and remove from heat.
• Add seasoning, salt, and pepper.
• Add hot water and bread crumbs, and mix well.
• Cover and let stand for 30 minutes.
• While that's standing, preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Spoon meat mixture into pie crust and bake (in bottom shell) for 20-25 minutes. (Variation: add any amount of mashed potatoes after first 15 minutes.).
• Add top crust and seal. Bake until done.

MEMERE'S MEAT PIE

Steps:

• Brown the meat in a large pot.
• Once fat starts to render, add onion and potatoes.
• Once potatoes are cooked through add poutry seasoning to taste (I use about 1/4 of a box), salt, and pepper.
• Mash until everything is one even mix.
• Unroll pie crusts and fill with meat filling.
• Bake at 350 about 25 minutes, until crust is baked through.

FRENCH MEAT PIE

Steps:

• Combine beef, pork, onion and water in a medium saucepan and mix well.
• Cook, covered, over low heat until the ground beef and pork are cooked through, stirring occasionally.
• Boil the potatoesin water to cover in a small saucepan until tender; drain.
• Add to the meat mixture.
• Add the salt, allspice, cloves and pepper and mix well; remove from heat.
• Mash the mixture with a potato masher.
• Roll the pastry into two 11-inch circles on a lightly floured surface.
• Fit 1 pastry into a 9-inch pie plate.
• Fill with the meat mixture.
• Cover with the remaining pastry, fluting the edge and cutting several vents.
• Bake at 450' for 20 minutes or the crust is golden brown.

FRENCH MEAT PIE

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, cook the beef, pork and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. , In a small bowl, combine potatoes and seasonings. Roll out half of pastry to fit a 9-in. pie plate; trim pastry even with edge of plate. Fill with meat mixture. , Roll out remaining pastry to fit top of pie; place over filling. Trim, seal and flute edges. Cut slits in pastry. Brush with egg if desired. Bake at 375° for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown.