People Pot Pie

Pie Crust

Place the flour and salt in a large bowl and, using a pastry blender or your fingers, cut the butter into the dry ingredients until the mixture resembles coarse pebbles. Using a fork, stir in the water until the dough pulls together, adding additional ice water by the teaspoonful if necessary. Use your hands to knead the dough for a few minutes until it’s smooth and evenly blended.

Roll the dough into a rectangle and fold it over itself three times like a letter. Repeat this process four times, reshape the dough to a rectangle, and refrigerate until firm, at least 15 minutes. Cut the dough into two pieces. Roll the first piece out and place it in the bottom of the pie pan. Cut away the excess.

Add the meat pie filling.

Roll out the second piece of dough and place it on top of the meat filling. Use a fork to press the bottom and top crusts together. Cut slits in the crust for the eyes, and mouth

Make a nose out of extra dough and use a skewer to make nostril holes. Place on crust.

Bake for 20 minutes at 425 degrees

Meat Pie Filling

Cook ground beef, onion and garlic on med-high heat in a pan on the stove.

After meat is cooked add the peas, sweet potato and other seasonings.

Set temperature to low while you prepare the pie crust.

Garnishes

Place an olive in each eye slit

Apply egg wash to the pie face with a pastry brush

Apply barbecue sauce to the pie face with a pastry brush

Sprinkle bacon bits and cheese onto the pie face and into the slits.

Chop onion to look like teeth and place in mouth area.