Beef Rice Pie Greek American Recipes

BEEF RICE PIE (GREEK-AMERICAN)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Mix all of the ingredients together in a bowl, except for the pie crust, of course! (An oil pastry does work best--or phyllo can be used instead.).
• Put the bottom crust in a 10" pie pan, fill with the beef and rice mixture, and top with the top crust, crimping the edge.
• Bake for 45 minutes or until the top crust is golden.
• Let cool for a few minutes and then serve!

GREEK MEAT PIE (KREATOPITA)

Steps:

• Filling: Place sliced onion in a colander. Pour salted boiled water over them, rinse and drain well.
• Add onions to a coated pan and fry for 2 minutes.
• Add beef, cinnamon, salt and pepper and stir well.
• Add 1/2 cup of water and boil until just the mixture is left.
• Transfer mixture to a mixing bowl and cool.
• Prepare béchamel Sauce by melting butter in small pan whisk in flour and add hot milk. Whisk.
• Add 3 eggs, cheese, bread and béchamel sauce to the filling and set aside.
• Pastry: Combine the pastry ingredients, except for the egg yolk/milk, in a mixing bowl.
• Knead it into a pliable, non-sticky dough.
• Separate the dough into 2 balls, one slightly larger than the other.
• Take the larger ball and roll out enough to more than cover your oven dish. Place it in a buttered pie pan, covering the bottom, and sides, going slightly over the edge at the top.
• Now place the filling on top of the crust and level it.
• Roll out the second dough ball and cover the filling.
• Butter the edge of the bottom crust and fold it over inwards to cover the edge of the top crust and make a border by pressing the edges with your fingertips.
• Mix the milk and egg yolk and brush the surface with the mixture.
• Poke a hole in the middle to allow the steam to escape and stick the rest of the pastry with a fork.
• Place in a preheated oven at 325F degrees for about 45 minutes, until it is golden brown.

BEEF PIE WITH RICE A RONI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400.
• In a skillet, lightly brown the Rice A Roni in the butter (keep flavor pack aside).
• Add and brown the ground beef, crumble finely.
• Stir in hot water.
• Add contents of the beef flavored packet that came with Rice A Roni.
• Add salt & pepper and mix.
• Cover and simmer for 15min on low.
• Cool slightly.
• Stir in 2 well beaten eggs.
• Fill pie shell with mixture.
• Top with bacon slices.
• Bake for 20 minutes.
• note: the bacon cooking on top of the pie is used to add flavor, but does not get crisp. You can brown the bacon slightly before adding it if you like.

STIR-FRY BEEF AND RICE POT PIE

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• Prepare a 10-inch pie plate or a 9-inch square baking dish or a 1-1/2-quart baking dish.
• In a saucepan cover the rice with 1-2/3 cup water; bring to a boil over high heat, cover, reduce heat and simmer for about 15 minutes; remove from heat and let stand for 15 minutes longer.
• Meanwhile mix 1 cup beef broth with oyster sauce, cornstarch, garlic and chili flakes; set aside.
• Heat oil in skillet over high heat; add in the beef slices; cook until meat is no longer pink (about 4 minutes).
• Add in the remaining 1/4 cup broth with the 5 cups veggies and green onions; cook for about 3 minutes, or until veggies are bright green.
• Stir in the seasoned beef broth mixture; bring to a boil, cook until thickened (about 1-2 minutes) transfer to a large bowl.
• Add in the cooked rice; mix to combine and season with salt and pepper.
• Spoon the mixture into prepare dish.
• Place the prepare pastry over the mixture and fold the edges under, flute as desired.
• Make a couple of slits on top of the pastry.
• Place the baking dish or pie plate on a baking sheet to catch any spills.
• Bake for about 1 hour, covering the pastry loosley with foil if overbrowning.