Country Style Ground Beef Meat Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1 pastry for double-crust pie
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 medium onion, minced
• 2 stalks celery, chopped
• 2 -3 tablespoons minced fresh garlic
• 3 lbs ground beef (or use half each) or 3 lbs lamb (or use half each)
• 1 large potato, peeled and cut in 1/2 inch cubes
• 1 cup water or 1 cup low sodium beef broth
• 1/2 cup half-and-half cream or 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon thyme
• 1/2 teaspoon savory
• seasoning salt (to taste) or salt (to taste)
• fresh ground black pepper (to taste)

Recipe

• 1 in a medium saucepan heat butter over medium-high heat; add in onion, celery and garlic and saute about 3-4 minutes.
• 2 stir in ground beef or lamb, cubed potatoes, water and half and half cream or milk;. cook while stirring until liquid has completely evaporated.
• 3 add in spices; cook stirring for about 5-6 minutes, then allow the mixture to cool.
• 4 fit bottom pie pastry into each 9-inch deep-dish pie plates.
• 5 divide the beef misture between each pie plate.
• 6 top each pie with top pie crusts then flute edges together.
• 7 cut slits in top of crust each, then place onto a baking sheet.
• 8 bake in 450 degrees f (bottom rack) oven for 15 minutes.
• 9 reduce heat to 350 degrees f and continue baking for another 30 minutes.
• 10 cool slightly before slicing.