Beef Pot Pie

Beef Pot Pie

I didn't know the difference between Beef Pot Pie and a Beef Pie.  That was until I googled it.  Then when you think about it.  Beef Pie, is just that.  

It's... Beef, in a pie.

Beef Pot Pie however, has both a top and bottom crust.  It has veggies and gravy.  So today, I am making a Beef Pot Pie.

Ingredients

Beef - I used cut up roast beef, but you could also use fried ground beef

4 or 5 potatoes, boiled and diced

1 bag of diced carrots and peas

1/2 cup flour

1/2 cup butter

1 box of beef broth

Pie crust

Stuff you will need

1 pot to boil the potatoes and make the gravy

1 9 x 14 baking dish

Rolling pin

Directions

OK, so I have used a couple different items in this pie.

For the crust, I have used a double deep dish crust and for the top, just a single, to see the pie crust recipe, see my page at: http://cookwithmitch.blogspot.ca/2016/08/classic-crisco-pie-crust.html

Once the pie crust is made, put it in the fridge to cool.

For the gravy, vice making chicken gravy like the food blog says, use beef broth and you will be making a beef gravy.  So my other page at: http://cookwithmitch.blogspot.ca/2016/08/chicken-gravy.html

I peeled, diced and boiled the potatoes. Drained them and kept them aside.

Pre-heat your oven to 375 F.

I made the gravy.  Then added the beef and potatoes.  I mixed that together and put that aside.

I took the pie crust out of the fridge, rolled it out and put it into the baking dish.  Put in the gravy, beef and potatoes.  I put a top layer of diced carrots and peas.  Depending on how much room you have in your pie, will depend on how much of this you add.  

Put your top layer pie crust.  Pinch the edges and put cuts in the top crust so that steam will be able to escape.

Into the oven for an hour.  As you can see by this picture, there was a edge that wasn't closed so well, so I used extra crust to close it in.  Like I always say, I am a cooking enthusiast, not a chef.

After an hour, your pie will look like this:

Server warm.  We used a bowl so that none of the gravy was lost and ate it with a spoon.

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Green Beans with a White Garlic Gravy

Green Beans with a White Garlic Gravy

Yesterday we went for a drive and ended up at Hank's Farm.  We got some green beans.  Tonya spoke about this recipe that her aunt used to make.  This isn't the same recipe at all.  Did it taste good?  Yes.  But Tonya said that we will have to try again as this isn't it.

Ingredients

1/3 cup butter
1/3 cup flour
1 package of fresh green beans
2 tablespoons of crushed Garlic (Less if there are no vampires around your place)
1/2 teaspoon of pepper
2 cups of milk

Stuff you will need

1 cutting board
1 sharp knife
1 skillet
1 whisk
1 steamer

Directions

Get the beans ready.  You will need to cut the ends off, and cut the beans into bite sized pieces.

Put the water on the boil for the steamer.  Once the water is boiling, put the beans on the steamer.

Melt the butter and then add the flour.  When this is cooking, you will notice a cooking flour smell.  I don't know how else to describe it.  Although I did refer to the gravy as a white sauce, in essence, we are making a white gravy.

Once you can no longer smell the flour, start adding the milk.  About a 1/4 cup at a time.  This will thicken up right away.  Keep adding more and more milk and stir that in the gravy.  

Add the garlic and pepper, stir that in.  Then add the steamed beans.  Turn the heat way down and put the lid on the skillet.

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Salisbury Steak with Ground Beef

Salisbury Steak Recipe

Another one of my "Comfort Food" recipes.  Did you know you can search by key words?  If you type in "Comfort Food" in the search banner, all the recipes labeled that way will appear in the search.

I used my Kitchenaid Food Processor.  Doesn't this make life great.  Also used my 5 quart Cast Iron Dutch Oven.

Ingredients

1 pound of Ground Round Beef

1/2 teaspoon of Black Pepper

1 teaspoon of Salt

1/2 teaspoon of Garlic Powder

1 teaspoon of Worcestershire Sauce

1 whole Egg

1/4 cup of dry Bread Crumbs

2 Tablespoons of Butter

1 large Onion, sliced

2 Tablespoons of Flour

2 cups of Water

2 teaspoons of Beef Bouillon Granules

Stuff you will need

Heavy Pot with Lid

Mixing bowl

Instructions

In a mixing bowl, combine the Beef, Black Pepper, Salt, Garlic Powder, Worcestershire Sauce, Bread Crumbs and one whole Egg. Stir mixture together well.

Shape into 4 equal sized patties.

Heat a skillet over medium heat for about a minute, and then add Butter.

Place meat patties in skillet and brown on both sides for about 4-5 minutes each. Remove from skillet and set aside.

Add the sliced Onion into the skillet, right on top of the browned bits.

Reduce the heat and cook the onions on medium-low heat until the onions turn translucent and brown. Don't rush this step. Cook the onions low and slow for about 20-25 minutes.

Sprinkle 2 Tablespoons of flour over the onions. Stir. Let cook and brown for about 2 minutes.

Add 2 cups of cold Water. Stir well. Raise the heat back up to about medium.

Add 2 teaspoons of Beef Bouillon Granules. Stir Well.

Place the meat patties back in the pan. Cover. Reduce heat just a little and let simmer for about 15 more minutes. Remove from heat and serve warm.

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