Swedish Meat Pies

pattikay in L.A.'s Note:

According to "sweetpoison343" on allrecipes, this is a knockoff of a dish served at the Scandinavian Festival in Junction City, Oregon. When I asked my son if they reminded him of his trip to Sweden, he launched into lengthy, happy reminiscences of his trip, so I guess these tasted authentic! The sour cream pastry is lovely. I served them with Creamy Horseradish Sauce.

• Total Time: 40 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 lb ground beef
• 1/4 cup chopped onion
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
• 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1/4 teaspoon dried dill weed
• 1 pinch ground nutmeg
• 2 large red potatoes, grated
• 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup shortening
• 6 tablespoons sour cream

Directions:

1. Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Crumble in the ground beef and add onion, parsley, allspice, dill, nutmeg and grated potatoes. Cook and stir until the meat is browned. Drain any excess grease. Turn off the heat and stir in the cheese until melted. Set aside to cool.
2. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
3. In a medium bowl, mix together the flour and salt. Mix in the shortening with a fork or pastry cutter until only pea sized lumps remain. Stir in sour cream a little bit at a time until the dough holds together. Knead briefly on a lightly floured surface. Divide into four equal portions, and pat into balls. (If making 4, these are very large - could easily be made into 6 or even 8 meat pies.).
4. Roll out each ball of dough to about 1/8 inch thickness. Place a heaping 1/2 cup of filling onto each one. Fold over into half circles, and seal by moistening the edges with warm water and pressing together. Place on a baking sheet.
5. Bake for 20 minutes in the preheated oven, until golden brown.

Reviews

[diane48000]

Finely Chopped Celery, is also in the recipe at the Scandinavian festival in Oregon along with the finely chopped onion.

[kimberlygraffin]

Made this as I was looking for a meat and potato pie that was different. This was absolutely fabulous!! I made it as one big pie, added some peas in, with a top crust only and there were no leftovers what-so-ever!! Not too stodgy or heavy and every my finicky little one was getting stuck in. A

[Retro Kali]

YUM! These were great! I changed a few things, instead of ground beef I used ground turkey, and I used an egg wash for the top. DEEELISH!