Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Hamburger Pot Pie - Dad's away, what will these kids eat?

So husband has left town for a guys trip to Florida.   Gone from today until Sunday.  So, as I need to do another recipe this week, the question is, what to make?
Found a recipe for hamburger pot pie.  Looks reasonably kid friendly, so will give it a try!

Hamburger Pie

Crust
2 cups flour
3/4 cup crisco
1 tsp onion salt
1/4 cup cold water
Cut crisco into flour with pastry blender.  Mix onion salt and water.  Sprinkle water a tbsp at a time.  Mix lightly with a fork until it comes together.  Form a ball with your hands.   Wrap in Saran and chill for 1 hr.

Filling
1 tbsp canola oil (oma called for crisco again, but I changed this)
1 lb ground beef, lean
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 can green beans.  (I substituted 2 carrots, finely chopped)
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp sugar
1/4 tsp pepper
1/4 tsp oregano
1 can tomato soup
Brown meat in oil.  Stir in Carrots, soup and seasonings.  (I added 1/2 cup water and let it simmer for 15 minutes to cook the carrots)

Roll out half of dough and line pie plate.   Add meat filling.  Roll out 2nd half of dough and cover.  Crimp edges, slit steam holes.  Bake for 25-30 minutes at 400.

The verdict
All kids ate it!!   Didn't even have to bribe with dessert.  Overall I'd call it a success.   My pastry was  a bit bland as what I had was onion powder, not onion salt.  I should have added some salt.  
I would make this again.
Fresh from the oven

thumbs up

no complaints

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