HappyCook80's Recipe

Southern Style Meat Pie

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Southern Style Meat Pie

2 lbs. cubed raw beef
2 tablespoons fat
1 cup chopped onions
2 cups chopped celery
1/2 cup chopped green pepper
3 cups canned tomatoes, juice and pulp
3 tablespoons flour
2 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon paprika
1/2 cup kernel corn, drained

Sear meat in hot fat until nicely browned, about 10 to 15 minutes. Remove meat from fat.

Cook onions, celery and green pepper in the fat until tender and lightly browned. Add tomatoes gradually to flour and seasonings and add meat and vegetables. Turn into 2 1/2 quart casserole.

Cover and cook in 350 degree oven for about 30 minutes. top with corn meal biscuit topping and back as directed.
Serves 8 to 10.

Corn Meal Biscuit Topping:
1 1/4 cups milk, scalded
1/4 cup yellow corn meal
2 cups sifted enriched flour
2 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup shortening

Pour hot milk over corn meal and let cool completely.

Sift flour once, measure and add baking powder and salt and sift together twice. Cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse meal.

Add corn meal mixture all at once, stirring only until all flour is dampened. Drop by spoonfuls over meat-vegetable mixture.
Bake in hot oven, 400 degrees for 40 to 45 minutes. Serve at once.