Pork Pies

Name: Pork Pies
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking powder; 0 teaspoons black pepper; 1 teaspoons dried savory, crumbled; 355 milliliters all-purpose flour; 1 garlic clove, minced; 0 teaspoons ground allspice; 454 grams lean ground pork; 177 milliliters medium onion, finely chopped; 1 teaspoon salt; 24 servings Accompaniment: spicy tomato cranberry preserves; 2 Tbsps cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes; 3 Tbsps cold vegetable shortening; 118 milliliters whole milk

For 72 cents per serving, this recipe covers 10% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 24 servings with 139 calories, 6g of protein, and 7g of fat each. If you have accompaniment: spicy tomato cranberry preserves, pepper, flour, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

Instructions

Cook pork with onion, garlic, savory, salt, allspice, and pepper in a 12-inch nonstick skillet over moderate heat, stirring frequently and breaking up lumps with a fork, until pork is no longer pink, 5 to 7 minutes.

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Allspice

Garlic

Pepper

Onion

Pork

Salt

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Frying Pan

Sprinkle with flour and cook, stirring, until thickened, 3 to 4 minutes. Cool filling completely.

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All Purpose Flour

Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 425°F.

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Oven

Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Blend in shortening and butter with a pastry blender or your fingertips until mixture resembles coarse meal.

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Baking Powder

Shortening

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Blender

Whisk

Bowl

Add milk and stir with a fork just until a dough forms. Turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface and gently knead 10 to 12 times.

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Dough

Milk

Roll out dough on lightly floured surface with a floured rolling pin into a rough 18-inch round (1/8 inch thick), dusting with just enough additional flour to keep dough from sticking.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Roll

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Rolling Pin

Cut out 24 rounds with 3-inch cutter and 24 leaves with leaf-shaped cutter. Make decorative lines on leaves with tip of a sharp paring knife.

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Knife

Fit each round into a muffin cup and fill with a rounded tablespoon of filling. Arrange leaves on filling.

Bake pies until crusts are golden, 15 to 17 minutes. Lift pies out of muffin cups and transfer to a rack. Cool to warm, about 15 minutes.

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Muffin Liners

Oven

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·Filling can be made 1 day ahead and chilled, covered. Bring to room temperature before using.·Pies can be assembled and baked 6 hours ahead and cooled, uncovered, then chilled, uncovered.

Serve at room temperature or reheat in preheated 350°F oven until warm, about 15 minutes.

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Oven