Savory Irish Stout Hand Pies

• Meat

  • 1 lb Ground hamburger

• Produce

  • 1/4 cup Carrot
  • 1/4 cup Celery
  • 1 tbsp Garlic, dried
  • 1/2 cup Onion
  • 1 tbsp Thyme, dried
  • 1 Use whatever vegetables you have one hand if

• Condiments

  • 2 tbsp Worcestershire

• Baking & Spices

  • 1 1/4 cups All-purpose flour
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 1 Salt and pepper
  • 1/3 cup Shortening

• Beer, Wine & Liquor

  • 1 (12 oz bottle Guinness

• Liquids

  • 4 tbsp Water

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Ingredients

• 1 lb ground hamburger
• 1/2 cup diced onion
• 1/4 cup chopped celery
• 1/4 cup diced carrot
• Use whatever vegetables you have one hand if you prefer in addition to the ones above
• 2 Tbsp Worcestershire
• 1 Tbsp dried thyme
• 1 Tbsp dried garlic or 1 bulb fresh garlic, minced
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1 (12 oz) bottle Guinness
• 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/3 cup shortening
• 4-5 Tbsp cold water

Directions

• Brown hamburger, drain off fat.
• Add onion, celery and carrot, along with spices. Cook for 5 minutes, stirring regularly until veggies have started to soften.
• Pour in bottle of Guinness and cook over medium until most of the liquid is gone.
• Take off heat and let cool slightly before placing in pastry.
• This recipe will make more than you need.
• We made about 8 hand pies and had a lot left over.
• In a medium bowl stir together flour and salt. Using a pastry blender, cut in shortening until pieces are pea-sized.
• Sprinkle 1 Tbsp water over part of the mixture; gently toss with a fork. Push moistened dough to the side of the bowl. Repeat, using 1 Tbsp at a time, until all the dough is moistened. Form dough into a ball.
• Onto a lightly floured surface, use your hands to slightly flatten dough. Roll from center to edge. However big you want this is fine, it just needs to make 16 circles total.
• We used a 5 inch round glass and cut around to form the circles. Make 16 for tops and bottoms of the hand pies.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Place about 1/3 a cup of the beef mixture on a pastry circle.
• Dab some milk on the bottom edges with a pastry brush. Top with another pastry circle.
• Press the 2 together and seal with a fork. Make it as pretty as you want!
• Continue with all of them until you are finished.
• Place on a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
• For browning, you can brush tops with a mixture of 1 egg yolk and a tablespoon of water.
• Bake 15-20 minutes until golden brown.