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cooked people pot pie

People Pot Pie

Make a traditional meat pie with a creepy twist. Make a face in the crust of this Shepherds pie and creep out your dinner guests. 

Course Main Course
Cuisine French
Keyword meat pie
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Resting time 10 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Servings 6 People
Calories 380 kcal

Ingredients

Pie Crust

  • 5 ¼ cups All purpose flour plus extra for dusting
  • 1 pound cold butter chopped into pieces
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup ice water

Meat Filling

  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 1 medium sweet potato
  • 1 medium onion
  • 1 cup peas
  • 1 tablespoon crushed garlic

Garnishes

  • 2 olives
  • 1 egg
  • 2 teaspoon barbecue sauce
  • 1 tablespoon bacon bits
  • 1 teaspoon Parmesan cheese
  • ¼ cup cheddar cheese grated
  • 1 slice chopped onion

Instructions

Pie Crust

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Add the meat pie filling.

  5. 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

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

Meat Pie Filling

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

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

  3. Set temperature to low while you prepare the pie crust.

Garnishes

  1. Place an olive in each eye slit

  2. Apply egg wash to the pie face with a pastry brush


  3. Apply barbecue sauce to the pie face with a pastry brush


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

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

Baking

  1. Bake at 425 for 25 minutes or until golden brown.

Nutrition Facts
People Pot Pie
Amount Per Serving
Calories 380
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.