Posted by ehme on January 4th, 2008 in classics, comfort food, family recipes, favorites, personal recipes

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Crust

• 1/2 lb. Crisco  (if you are awesome you will forget the Crisco and use butter or lard)
• 1 c. boiling water
• 4 c. flour
• 1 T. water

Filling:

• 8 potatoes peeled and cubed
• 1  rutabaga, peeled and cubed
• 1  pound  ground beef  (i use steak, sliced thin or cut in chunks–you can use whatever meat you like, I won’t tell)
• 3 Vidalia onions chopped
• 1 T. salt  (the original recipe calls for 2, but it is super salty.)
• 1 T. pepper

Crust:

Pour boiling water over the lard, stir until lard is dissolved.  Add salt to flour and combine with lard mixture.  Mix to form ball.  Divide into eight balls, flatten each slightly, wrap in saran wrap and let sit in refrigerator at least one hour.

Filling:

Combine all ingredients in large bowl.  Roll out each  crust until 1/8 inch thick on well-floured surface.  Will be about the size of a plate.  Place one cup of filling on  each circle.  Place a tsp. of butter on top of each filling before sealing.  Fold in half and seal with a bit of water. Go over the edges with a fork to make sure the are super sealed.  Cut a slit in top of each, place on a baking pan and bake at 425 for 15 minutes and then at 350 for sixty minutes.  Serve with ketchup or Harriet’s Hotpants Mustard.

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This is one of my all time favorite foods. Every time I re-read American Gods I make these.  I would like it for dinner tonight, but I am not getting it.  Boo.