I love, love, LOVE this recipe. I found it in my Everyday Food mag last year, and actually just went looking for the recipe again, cause I was craving it. This has replaced corned beef and cabbage on St. Patrick's day. This is an Irish dish and is very MILD. Don't expect something crazy spicy, or salty, it's a very lovely dish.
Our only problem is that I love cabbage so much that I can't help but add more. We've turned it into a regular meat (pot) pie rather than hand pies to deal with the problem.
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I'm not sorry I made this, and DH and I did both go back for seconds last night, but ... (1) yes, it's authentically bland and could use some garlic and onion, (2) even cutting waaaay back on the hamburger to about 1/3 pound it's naturally heavier on the meat-n-potatoes and lighter on the veggies than we prefer, and (3) crust was soggy despite FLIPPING the pies top-for-bottom during baking (the other rotation, and clearly needed here). I used my double-piecrust recipe and could only make 6 pies, but I do have a tendency to STUFF.
I learned that my 2-year-old son likes to eat raw cabbage, and is very proud of the gas he can produce afterward. At least one of my kids eats veggies!
If you tend to the mild meat-and-potatoes side of the menu, try it! I'll wander over to the spicy veggies instead.
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I whipped these up today according to directions, but I found the mixture bland; so I added about 4 cloves of garlic, large ones, half an onion, sliced, and some beef broth instead of water. I'm sorry I used the red pepper flakes, it would have been just about perfect at that point without it, and I'm about to serve it for lunch to my chef son and my oh, so picky fiance, so I'll be back later and give you THEIR reviews. Thanks for a unique take on beef pies! :)
The son loved them, the fiance refused to try them: I'm crazy about them!
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