Recipe: Irish Beef, Potato, and Cabbage Hand Pies

Ingredients:

1 pound beef sirloin, cubed for stew

1/4 head green cabbage, shredded

1/2 pound red potatoes

1 T worchestershire sauce

3 T tomato paste

1/2 t. dried thyme

1 cup beef broth

Push beef sirloin cubes through meat grinder using the coarsest setting.  (If you don't have a meat grinder, ask your butcher to do it for you).  Brown in heavy skillet, season with salt and pepper.  Drain and set aside.

Scrub potatoes and cook in microwave.  Dice while still hot (leave skins on) and brown in a little olive oil.

Shred cabbage and sautee in a little olive oil in a large skillet until just beginning to brown. 

Add browned meat and potatoes to shredded cabbage and mix thoroughly.  Add broth, thyme, tomato paste, and worchestershire sauce and heat through.  Set aside to cool thoroughly while you prepare your pie crust.

Pie Crust

2 2/3 cup all purpose flour

1 t. salt

1 cup shortening

1/3 cup ice water

Cut shortening into flour and salt until it is the texture of coarse meal. Sprinkle ice water a little at a time and mix until it begins to clump together.  Turn onto the counter and bring it together to form a round disc.  Do not overwork the dough.  Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate about 1 hour or more.

Roll dough into two 14 inch squares.  Cut each into 4 equal squares.  Place about 1/2 cup filling on one half of each square, leaving room around the edge for crimping.  Press down lightly.  Fold dough over and crimp edges with fork.  Cut three small vents in pies.

If baking immediately:   Bake on silpat or foil lined baking sheets.  400 degrees for 10-12 minutes, rotating sheets halfway through baking.

If freezing:  Freeze on baking sheets.  Wrap in foil and place in freezer bags.  Can be frozen up to 2 months. (I'm freezing mine and baking them from frozen to save time)

When ready to bake, remove from freezer and take off foil.  Bake at 400 degrees for 28- 30 minutes.

I had quite a bit of filling left over so I thawed a frozen pie crust and made a big, half-moon pie for another day.  Won't it be nice to pull that out of the freezer some busy day?

I'll share a picture when they come out of the oven tomorrow!

Comments

[Kim in ON]

Mmmmmm.... they look wonderful!

[ellen b]

This looks great Kim!!

[Naomi]

Yummy! Going onto my mental 'to try' list! :-)