French Meat Pie

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 lb ground beef
• 8 ounces ground lamb
• 1/2 cup onion, finely chopped
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 large potatoes, peeled, cut into quarters
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon allspice
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• 1 double crust pie crust

Recipe

• 1 combine beef, lamb, onion and water in a medium saucepan and mix well.
• 2 cook, covered, over low heat until the ground beef and lamb are cooked through, stirring occasionally.
• 3 boil the potatoesin water to cover in a small saucepan until tender; drain.
• 4 add to the meat mixture.
• 5 add the salt, allspice, cloves and pepper and mix well; remove from heat.
• 6 mash the mixture with a potato masher.
• 7 roll the pastry into two 11-inch circles on a lightly floured surface.
• 8 fit 1 pastry into a 9-inch pie plate.
• 9 fill with the meat mixture.
• 10 cover with the remaining pastry, fluting the edge and cutting several vents.
• 11 bake at 450' for 20 minutes or the crust is golden brown.