Savory Beef Pies

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 medium onion, diced
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 lb ground round
• 2 tablespoons instant potato flakes
• 1/4 cup hot water
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
• 2 (15 ounce) packages refrigerated pie crusts
• tomato chutney (optional)

Recipe

• 1 sauté onion in hot oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat 5 minutes. add garlic, and cook 1 minute. add beef; cook, stirring often, until meat crumbles and is no longer pink. drain, cool, and set aside.
• 2 stir together potato flakes and 1/4 cup hot water until smooth.
• 3 add potato, cinnamon, and next 3 ingredients to beef mixture, stirring until blended.
• 4 roll piecrusts into 12-inch circles; cut each crust into 6 (4-inch) circles. roll out enough remaining crust to make 2 more (4-inch) circles.
• 5 spoon 1 rounded tablespoonful of beef mixture onto half of each pastry circle. moisten edges with water; fold pastry over filling, pressing edges with a fork to seal. place pies on ungreased baking sheets.
• 6 bake at 400° for 15 minutes or until lightly browned. serve warm with chutney, if desired.
• 7 note: meat mixture may be frozen up to 3 months. thaw in refrigerator and prepare pies as directed.