Old Fashioned Beef Pot Pie Recipes

GOOD OLD MEAT PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). On a lightly floured surface, roll the pie crust out into a 12 inch circle. Set aside.
• Melt margarine in a saucepan over medium heat. Add potato and onion, and cook until the onion is tender, but not brown. Sprinkle the flour over the mixture, and stir to blend. Season with oregano, black pepper and garlic powder. Pour in the beef broth, and add the peas, carrot and beef. Bring to a boil. Transfer the mixture to a 2 quart casserole dish, and place the pastry over the top. Cut slits for steam, and flute the edges.
• Place on a baking sheet, and bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until crust is golden. Let stand 10 minutes before serving to thicken.

OLD-FASHIONED BEEF POT PIE

Steps:

• Cook chuck roast in Dutch oven on top of stove with enough water to cover the roast, until roast is tender, usually about 2 hours. Remove meat (shred when cooled). RESERVE broth in pan.
• While beef is cooking mix flour, baking powder, and salt together. Cut in the margarine as for pie dough. Mix the beaten egg and water together and add to the flour and margarine mixture. Mix well. (If too sticky, add a bit more flour).
• Knead dough on floured surface until smooth. Let stand covered for 30 minutes.
• Roll out the dough very thin onto floured surface. Cut into squares. Put chopped potatoes in the pan with remaining broth,(you will need to add about 2 cups of water to the broth)and bring to boil. Drop squares of dough into the boiling broth. Cook over medium low heat until dough is done and potatoes are tender.

OLD-FASHIONED BEEF POT PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In large skillet, brown ground beef in large chunks, drain.
• Stir in soup, water, vegetables and seasonings. bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat; stir in 1/2 cup cheese and 2/3 cup French Fried Onions.
• Pour mixture into 12 x 8 baking dish.
• Cut each biscuit in half, place, cut side down, around edge of casserole.
• Bake, uncovered, for 15 to 20 minutes or until biscuits are done.
• Top with remaining cheese and 2/3 cup French Fried Onions, bake uncovered for an additional 5 minutes or until onions are golden brown.

BEEF POT PIE III

Steps:

• In a saucepan over medium heat, brown the pieces of meat on all sides. Pour in some water to almost cover. Bring to a boil and reduce heat. Simmer until meat is tender and falls apart easily; about 2 to 3 hours. Transfer meat to a large mixing bowl. Shred the meat slightly and add salt and pepper to taste.
• In another 2 quart saucepan over medium heat, pour in beef broth and add carrots and potatoes. Cook until almost tender; about 15 to 20 minutes. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• When the carrots and potatoes are done, transfer to the large mixing bowl with the beef; leaving the liquid in the pan. Combine the peas with the carrots, potatoes and beef.
• Dissolve the cornstarch with the 1/3 cup of water. Pour into the saucepan of beef broth, stirring constantly. Bring to a simmer and reduce heat; cook for 5 minutes.
• Line a 9 inch pie plate with one of the pie crust following the package directions. Place the beef mixture into the pie crust. Pour the gravy over the top of the mixture, then cover with the other pie crust. Bake in a preheated oven until the crust is golden brown; about 25 minutes. Let cool for 5 minutes before serving.

BEEF POT PIES

Steps:

• Melt the butter with the olive oil in a heavy pot. Sear the meat over medium-high heat in batches until brown, 4 to 5 minutes; remove to a plate.
• Add the carrots, celery and shallots and saute until the vegetables start to wilt, about 5 minutes. Reduce the heat to medium low, add the mustard, garlic and 1 tablespoon of the flour and saute for 1 minute. Add the mushrooms and cook for 2 minutes. Pour in the wine, beef broth and 1 cup water. Add salt and pepper to taste and stir. Bring to a boil. Return the browned meat to the pot and reduce the heat to low. Add the bay leaves and thyme sprigs, then cover and simmer for 30 to 45 minutes.
• After 45 minutes, mix the remaining 2 tablespoons flour with a little water and pour into the stew. Cook and thicken for 10 more minutes. Remove from the heat and set aside to cool completely.
• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• On a lightly floured work surface, roll out the puff pastry sheets one by one to get rid of the creases. Set a 6- to 8-inch ovensafe skillet upside down on a pastry sheet and cut a circle around it, making it 1/2 inch larger than the dish. Repeat with the remaining 5 skillets using all of the pastry sheets; discard the scraps.
• Put the 6 skillets onto 2 baking sheets and fill the skillets with the cooled beef mixture. Sprinkle over some chopped bacon and 1/2 teaspoon chopped parsley on each.
• Top each skillet with a pastry circle, pressing along the edges to seal. Mix together the egg and 1 tablespoon water in a small bowl to make an egg wash. Brush each pastry lid with the egg wash. Bake until the pastry is puffed and golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes.

OLD-FASHIONED CHICKEN POTPIE

Steps:

• In a saucepan, melt butter. Stir in flour, garlic, salt and pepper until blended. Gradually stir in water, milk and bouillon. Bring to a boil; boil and stir for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat. Stir in chicken and vegetables; set aside. , For pastry, combine flour and celery seed in a bowl. Cut in cream cheese and butter until crumbly. Work mixture by hand until dough forms a ball. On a lightly floured surface, roll two-thirds of dough into a 12-in. square. Transfer to an 8-in. square baking dish. Pour filling into crust. Roll remaining dough into 9-in. square; place over filling. Trim, seal and flute edges. Cut slits in pastry. , Bake at 425° for 30-35 minutes or until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbly.

SKILLET NOT OLD-FASHIONED BEEF POT PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven according to pie crust directions.
• Season filets with salt and pepper.
• Heat 1 Tablespoon oil in 12 inch skillet over medium-high heat.
• Brown steaks on both sides, leaving centers rare, about 4 minutes total.
• Transfer to plate, let cool, then cut into ½ inch cubes.
• Add remaining tablespoon oil, onion, mushrooms, and ½ teaspoon salt to skillet.
• Return to medium heat and cook until onion is softened, about 5 minutes.
• Stir in flour and garlic and cook, stirring constantly, until flour is well blended (about 1 minute).
• Stir in wine and cook until evaporated, about 30 seconds.
• Slowly whisk in broth, tomato paste, and thyme. Bring to a simmer.
• Cover and cook over medium-low heat until thickened, 8 to 10 minutes.
• While sauce is simmering, unfold pie crust dough and place onto a nonstick baking sheet. Bake according to package directions.
• Stir peas and carrots and beef with juices into skillet.
• Continue to simmer until heated through, about 2 minutes.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• When pie crust is done, carefully slide onto skillet and serve.

VEGETABLE BEEF POTPIE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Stir in pepper and salt; remove and set aside. In the same skillet, saute the onions, carrots and parsnip in butter for 7 minutes. Add garlic; cook 2 minutes longer or until vegetables are crisp-tender. Stir in flour., Combine the broth, vinegar and mustard; gradually stir into vegetable mixture. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2-3 minutes or until thickened. Stir in beef mixture and 2 teaspoons rosemary; heat through. Transfer to a greased 8-in. square baking dish., On a lightly floured surface, roll pastry into a 10-in. square. Sprinkle with remaining rosemary; press into pastry. Place over filling; flute edges and cut slits in top. Brush with egg. , Bake, uncovered, at 400° for 25-30 minutes or until crust is golden brown.

MENONITE COUNTRY OLD FASHIONED BEEF POT PIE BY FREDA

Steps:

• 1. Cook the meat in Salt & pepper Water till tender. Remove meat from the Broth. . .set aside Make Dough while Beef is Stewing in the pot. Add: Onion and parsley & frozen vegies. Bring broth to a boil. add in alternate layers, Cubed potatoes, & dough squares to boiling broth
• 2. To Make dough: Beat egg and milk. Add flour to make stiff dough. Roll out paper thin, then cut into 1" squares.
• 3. Keep Broth Boiling while adding dough squares in order to keep them from clumping & packing together. Cover and cook 20 Min. Adding more Water if Necessary to keep a good broth.
• 4. Add cooked stew meat, and stir thru the pot pie. Serves 6-8 easily with Buttered Biscuits, or Fresh baked French bread.