Traditional Meat Pie
- 4 ounces shortening
- 5 .5 ounces all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tablespoon salt
- 4 .5 ounces cold water
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 2 pounds ground pork
- 1 onion, minced
- 3/4 cup grated potato
- Salt
- Pepper
- Allspice
- 1 egg
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 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 piecrusts.
- 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.
shortening, flour, salt, cold water, vegetable oil, ground pork, onion, potato, salt, pepper, allspice, egg, milk
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/traditional-meat-pie-recipe.html (may not work)