Mexican Dinner Aka Taco Pie

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/2 cup whole wheat pastry flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1/2 cup sour cream or 1/2 cup buttermilk or 1/2 cup yogurt or 1/2 cup sour half-and-half
• 1 egg
• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 1/2 cup onion, chopped
• 2 teaspoons chili powder
• 1/4-1/2 teaspoon tabasco sauce
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups kidney beans, cooked (optional)
• chopped lettuce
• diced tomato
• grated cheddar cheese
• sour cream
• salsa
• sliced black olives

Recipe

• 1 pre-heat oven to 425 degrees. grease and flour a 9" or 10" pie pan (not deep dish) or spray w/non stick cooking spray.
• 2 crust:.
• 3 combine the crust ingredients, stir until blended, batter will be lumpy.
• 4 pour into prepared pie dish. spread batter thinly to within 1/4 inch of the rim - sometimes it likes to slide down, adding the filling will push it back up some.
• 5 filling:.
• 6 brown the beef and chopped onion together then drain.
• 7 stir in all the other ingredients, mix well then spoon into crust.
• 8 bake for 20-30 minutes.
• 9 let cool for few minutes, serve with your favorite toppings.
• 10 note: the original recipe called for buttermilk, or plain yougurt, or sour half and half, i misread it the first time i made it and used sour cream, it worked so it's what i had always used, but i finally tried it with buttermilk and it was great.