SAVORY BEEF PIES

By gaster16

Ingredients

• 1 medium onion diced
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 garlic clove minced
• 1 pound ground round
• 2 tablespoons instant mashed potato flakes
• 1/4 cup hot water
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoons ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
• 2 (15 oz.) packages refrigerated pie crusts

Preparation

Step 1

Saute 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. Stir together potato flakes and 1/4 cup hot water until smooth. Add potato, cinnamon, and next 3 ingredients to beef mixture, stirring until blended. Roll pie crusts into 12 inch circles, cut each crust into 6 (4”) circles. Roll out enough remaining crust to make 2 more (4”) circles. Spoon one 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 sheet. Bake at 400o for 15 minutes or until lightly browned.