Best Sour Cream Meat Pie Recipes

SWEDISH MEAT PIES

Steps:

• 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.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• 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.).
• 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.
• Bake for 20 minutes in the preheated oven, until golden brown.

NO FAIL PIE CRUST MEAT PIES

Steps:

• Pie Crust: Mix ingredients in large bowl.
• Mix well by hand.
• Roll out on a floured surface.
• Meat: Mix together meat, onion, salt and savory.
• Cook for about 1-1 1/2 hours or until meat is well cooked, cool meat, place in lined pie plates, then place pie crust over meat and seal well.
• Bake at 350 F for about 30 to 40 minutes.

BEST SHEPHERD'S PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, mash potatoes with sour cream. Add salt and pepper; set aside. In a large skillet, cook beef with onion and red pepper until meat is no longer pink and vegetables are tender; drain. Stir garlic salt into meat mixture. Stir in the soup, corn and milk. , Spread meat mixture into a 13x9-in. baking dish. Top with mashed potatoes; drizzle with butter. , Bake, uncovered, until heated through, 30-35 minutes. For additional browning, place under broiler for a few minutes. Sprinkle with parsley if desired.

SOUR CREAM PIE CRUST

Steps:

• In a large bowl sift together flour and salt.
• Cut in the butter until mixture resembles cornmeal.
• In a small bowl mix the egg and sour cream together.
• Add this to the flour mixture and work it in quickly until dough forms a ball.
• Divide in half, wrap in plastic and chill for 1 hour.

SKILLET SHEPHERD'S PIE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Stir in the corn, peas, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce and garlic. Reduce heat to medium-low; cover and cook for 5 minutes., Combine the cornstarch, bouillon and water until well blended; stir into beef mixture. Bring to a boil over medium heat; cook and stir until thickened, 2 minutes. Stir in sour cream and heat through (do not boil)., Spread mashed potatoes over the top; sprinkle with cheese. Cover and cook until potatoes are heated through and cheese is melted. Freeze option: Prepare beef mixture as directed but do not add sour cream. Freeze cooled meat mixture in a freezer container. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a large skillet, stirring occasionally and adding a little water if necessary. Stir in sour cream and proceed as directed.

SOUR CREAM PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• Beat eggs until light & fluffy.
• Add sugar, flour, almond extract. Mix well.
• Fold in sour cream & craisins.
• Pour into pie shell.
• Place on baking sheet & put into oven. Bake at 450 degrees for 10 minutes. Reduce oven temp to 350 degrees and bake for 25 minutes. Pie should be lightly browned and set in the middle. It will still "jiggle" slightly and will firm as it cools.
• Cool, cut into wedges, and serve with a dollop of whipped cream.
• Note: I have also subbed dried apricots (finely diced)for the craisins and added 1/4 teaspoon of nutmeg for a different pie.

CREAMY MINCEMEAT PIE

Steps:

• Spoon mincemeat into baked pie shell.
• Combine cream cheese, eggs, 1/2 cup sugar, lemon juice and rind, beat until smooth.
• Pour cream cheese mixture over mincemeat.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 20 minutes.
• Blend sour cream with 2 tablespoons sugar and vanilla. Spoon over filling.
• Return to oven; continue to bake for 10 more minutes.
• Refrigerate at least 5 hours before serving.

SOUR CREAM MEAT PIE

Steps:

• Brown meat and onions; drain off fat.
• Add salt, pepper and tomato sauce. Simmer 10 minutes. Cook noodles and drain well.
• Add noodles, sour cream and cream cheese. Pour into a greased 9x12 inch baking dish. Cover with grated cheese. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes.