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Ingredients
FILLING: 1 lb. Ground Beef2 Garlic Cloves, Minced
2 Hard Boiled Eggs, Cold, Chopped
1/4 c. Milk
Salt and Black Pepper
Raisins, To Taste
Green Olives, Chopped
1 pinch Crushed Red Pepper
Cooking Oil
1 lg. Onion, Chopped
Pastry Dough
Directions
Fry onions in cooking oil until soft. Add minced garlic and brown lightly. Drain oil. Add ground beef to onions and saute until meat turns a light brown. Add chopped olives, eggs, salt and black pepper, raisins, pinch of red pepper and milk. Allow to simmer (uncovered) over low heat for 5 mins. PASTRY DOUGH: Any good grade of commercial pie crust mix will give satisfactory results or use your own favorite recipe.... Roll out dough 1/8 thickness and cut with a 5" cutter. Place meat filling on one side of the dough. Fold the other side over the filling and pinch the edges. Deep fry in hot cooking oil until crisp and brown or bake in a 400 F oven until the crust is a golden brown. Yields 5 meat pies. Posted by Jodi Edmundson.
