Fried Pies And Pastry – Part 2

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Meats		Cheese, Jolyn, Pies/pastri, Pork/ham	28	Servings

INGREDIENTS

Ingredients in Part 1

INSTRUCTIONS

Mix flour and salt. Cut in Crisco until fine. Add ice water. Mix well,
forming a large ball. Make individual pie circles by breaking dough
and rolling into 1-1/2" balls. Roll out to 6" circles (about 1/8"
thick) on a floured board. Use more flour if necessary to prevent
sticking. Refrigerate between layers of waxed paper overnight. Remove
about 1 hour before filling. TO MAKE PIES-Flour a board and keep
floured as you work. Place 2 tb filling on 1 side of dough circle.
Fold dough popover fashion and seal edges with a floured fork. Prick
pie twice with fork to vent steam when cooking. Fry at 350~ until
golden brown, 1 side at a time or deep dry. Freeze extras. Always
assemble chilled dough and filling. If filling is warm, the dough  will
melt. TO FREEZE-Wrap pies in waxed paper and put in ziplock  freezer
bags. Remove at least 30 minutes before you plan to fry. HAM  AND
CHEESE FILLING-Place ham, onions, pepper, garlic and parsley in  heavy
pot. Cook on medium heat until the moisture is cooked out of  the ham,
stirring occasionally. This takes about 45 minutes. When the  ham is
done, tilt the pot so the escess grease goes to 1 side. Remove  grease.
Continue cooking a while more. Refrigerate filling overnight.  Just
before putting the pies together, add the cheese, more or less  to
taste. (If you overload the cheese, you will end up with an air  pocket
in the pie when the cheese melts. *If your cheese is not  really spicy
(hot) you may want to add about 1/4 cup chopped jalapeno  pepper to the
ham mixture while it is cooking. Leftover filling can  be frozen and
used later. Makes filling for about 12 meat pies. MEAT  PIE
FILLING-Combine all ingredients in large pot. Tilt pot while  cooking
and remove excess grease. Cook about 45 minutes or until the  moisture
is gone. Chop meat to eliminate lumps. Cool before filling.  Makes
enough for about 12 meat pies. APPLE PIE FILLING-Put apples in  heavy
pot with all other ingredients. Cook until creamy or like thick  syrup.
Chill before adding to crust. The colder the better. Makes  filling for
about 4 or 5 apple pies. Source: The Morning Advocate,  BRLA. Posted to
MC-Recipe Digest V1 #855 by Lynda Beaugez  <beaugez@bellsouth.net> on
Oct 20, 1997

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