Turner Meat Pies


 
CaseT

CaseT

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This recipe has been handed down in our family for at least 100 years. It would have originally been made with wild game. We have always made it with beef and pork. Extremely lean. For this I used home ground top round and loin. Each trimmed of as much fat as I could. I purchased a 26 pound whole top round and broke it down. I ended up with 9 London broil roasts, which will become jerky. About 6 pounds of burger (two pounds went into the pies) 4 pounds made into patties. IN total I trimmed 5.4 pounds of fat off. I wanted everything really lean so I trimmed more than most would.

The pork loin was also whole. I ground approx. two pounds. 1 pound for the pies, the rest I made into a few breakfast patties. Once again I trimmed all the fat off.

I made a double batch which would be enough for (4) 9" pies. I wanted to make them pot pie size so I ended up with 12 pot pies. I will freeze these then vac-pack them. Makes an easy lunch.

The Roast Beast. This cut is served whole at buffets as "Baron of Beef".

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Here are the London broil roasts

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Fat trim

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Burger

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Here is the recipe. Please note that the recipe should read 2 1/2 cups +/- bread crumbs.

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For those interested I use Paprika recipe app on my iPhone. works great.

Added Crust recipe this makes enough for 1 9" pie (top and btm):

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Okay enough prep here's the cook

Ground meat ready

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First boil

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Second boil with onion and spices

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First batch done. All total I got 12 pot pies.

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We have these for Christmas morning breakfast. Served with scrambled eggs and cranberry jelly. For dinner we serve with just the cranberry jelly.

I will freeze and vac pack these pies for my lunches.
 
Very interesting recipe Case. Looks tasty. Barb and I make a more Marie Callender's style pot pie in ramekins with just a pie crust top with the left over turkey at Christmas. We freeze ours also, makes for an easy quick meal.
 
Rich Dahl said:
Very interesting recipe Case. Looks tasty. Barb and I make a more Marie Callender's style pot pie in ramekins with just a pie crust top with the left over turkey at Christmas. We freeze ours also, makes for an easy quick meal.
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Thanks Rich. Make a batch of these and you'll be wanting them all the time.

I too make beef and turkey pot pies and mini-Shepard's pies also. They are great for taking to work for lunch.
 
Never had a Turner Meat pie, will have to give this a go. Now you got me craving Turkey Pot Pie :)
 
ChuckO said:
Never had a Turner Meat pie, will have to give this a go. Now you got me craving Turkey Pot Pie :)
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These are tasty!

Turkey pot pies are next on the list. I have a nice 14 pounder I will do in a week or so. The bulk of which will be made into pot pies!
 
Case.. those Turner Meat Pies look awfully tasty, I have never heard of them, but if this recipe has been handed down in your family for at least 100 years it has to be dam good.
Silly question...did you also make the pie crust dough?
 
Thanks for sharing your family recipe Case. I have never had a meat pie like this, but I would sure like to give them a try.
 
JeffG said:
Case.. those Turner Meat Pies look awfully tasty, I have never heard of them, but if this recipe has been handed down in your family for at least 100 years it has to be dam good.
Silly question...did you also make the pie crust dough?
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Sure did. Super easy recipe I suppose I should post it too. I'll do that tomorrow, I can't post photos here from my phone .
 
Bob H. said:
Thanks for sharing your family recipe Case. I have never had a meat pie like this, but I would sure like to give them a try.
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They are tasty. Super easy to make. If you can't grind your own meat ask the butcher to grind it for you. You want super lean meat as little fat as possible.
 
Vac packed up the 10 remaining pies for the freezer. Used 8"x12" quart bags. Pies fit perfectly.

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Cliff Bartlett said:
Looks outstanding Case. Will definitely bookmark this thread. Might give a few of these a go in the WSM.
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Thanks Cliff! I haven't cooked these in the smoker before, but I did do one in a wood fired pizza oven (toned down heat, not pizza heat). It was good! Growing up my mom always made them in our wood cook stove.

She probably still would but the fire marshal made her disconnect the flue when she added on to her house. Everything in it still fine, but since it's not a U.L. approved wood stove it cant be hooked up!

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CaseT said:
Thanks Cliff! I haven't cooked these in the smoker before, but I did do one in a wood fired pizza oven (toned down heat, not pizza heat). It was good! Growing up my mom always made them in our wood cook stove.

She probably still would but the fire marshal made her disconnect the flue when she added on to her house. Everything in it still fine, but since it's not a U.L. approved wood stove it cant be hooked up!

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That's a beauty Case! So is that Christmas Cactus. We have a couple and they seem to bloom in March. Go figure.
 
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