Easy Pies

Mince pies, as in minced beef

I have been using this recipe with great success for years and years.  Can't remember where I first found it.  It's easy and always turns out scrumptiously.

Little minced beef tartlets.  I used to call them cornish pasties.  That's what I was trying to make.  They aren't cornish pasties of course but almost.

Mmmmm

1/4 kilo minced meat (raw). You could use beef or pork or chicken 

I use beef because it is the only mince we can get here

1 big potato, grated

1 big onion chopped finely

Add salt and pepper.  Squish all that together really well.

Fill pastry squares.  Seal well and bake in a medium oven for about 30-40 minutes.  Till the pastry is nice and brown.  Eat.

No precooking the mince, no fuss and bother.

I usually make my own pastry.  Crazy pastry my friend Anna used to call it.  But these pies work really well with puff pastry, short pastry and I often use fyllo pastry because it is readily available here and cheap.  Try them all.

Crazy Pastry

- One packet, 250 grams, of margarine or butter, melted

or   I often use olive oil instead because it is what I always have on hand

- one tub, 200 grams, of yoghurt.  Sheep, cows, goats, thick or thin, low fat or full fat

- about 500 grams of self raising flour.  Keep adding flour till you have a nice elastic dough.

- salt

Mix that all together with a spoon, then get your hands in there and knead it a little till you get a smooth ball.

Leave 20 minutes and then roll out into small squares or circles.