Traditional Christmas Meat Pie

Total Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 4 lbs ground lean lamb
• 3 lbs lean ground beef
• 5 medium potatoes (boiled and mashed)
• 1 1/2 tablespoons salt
• 2 teaspoons pepper
• 2 large onions (chopped)
• 2 tablespoons dried celery flakes
• 1 tablespoon poultry seasoning
• 1 tablespoon sage
• 1 1/2 cups water

Recipe

• 1 cut boil and mash potatoes with a bit of milk and set aside.
• 2 in a very large pot combine meat with salt, pepper, onion, celery flakes and all seasonings and simmer on med to low heat for 1 hour. stir occasionally.
• 3 once cooked drain liquid from meat mixture and replace with water and add potatoes.
• 4 mix well and refrigerate over night.
• 5 prepare pastry and divide dough for 6 double crust pies.
• 6 refrigerate pastry over night.
• 7 next morning roll pastry, line pie plates and fill with meat mixture and top with pastry. cut a few slits in top crust and brush with egg wash. (to make egg wash.
• 8 beat 1 egg with a tbsp of milk.).
• 9 bake at 425* for 25-30 minute.
• 10 cool and freeze in freezer bags up to 6 months.
• 11 reheat from frozen at 350* for 45-50 minute.