French Meat Pie

• 1-1/4 lb. ground beef
• 1/2 lb. ground pork
• 1 lg. onion, chopped
• 3 md. potatoes, cubed
• 1/4 tsp. garlic powder (to taste)
• 20 crackers (40 crackers in a sleeve)
• 1 tsp. cinnamon (I leave out the cinnamon now as my family didn't like it)
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. pepper (to taste)
• 1/4 tsp. thyme, more to taste
• 1/4 tsp. sage, more to taste
• 2 pie crusts (store bought
• home made)

1. Preheat oven to 350F.
2. Saute ground beef and pork with onions until no longer pink.
3. In another pan boil and mash potatoes with garlic powder, salt and pepper.
4. Do not drain fat from ground meat mixture.
5. Add crumbled soda crackers, cinnamon, thyme, sage and mix well, the crackers help absorb a lot of the moisture and gives it great taste and texture.
6. Next add mashed potatoes and mix well.
7. I cool this before putting in crust but it isn't necessary if your baking it right away.
8. Use a deep dish 9 or 10 inch pie plate and line bottom with 1 crust.
9. Fill crust and then place second crust over filling, press edges together to seal: cut slits in top crust.
10. Bake for 30-40 minutes or until golden brown.

ground beef, ground pork, onion, potatoes, garlic, crackers, cinnamon, salt, pepper, thyme, sage, pie crusts, home made

Taken from www.foodgeeks.com/recipes/19404 (may not work)