Sourdough Beef Hand Pie Recipe
Make these long ferment sourdough beef hand pies for your next picnic, roadtrip, or busy week night. Make them ahead and serve them hot or cold filled with garden veggies or whatever you have. This is a highly adaptable recipe!
Ingredients
Hand Pie Dough
- 1 Cup Einkorn Flour
- 2 Cups Organic White Flour
- 1 tsp. Sea Salt
- 1/2 tsp. Powdered Garlic
- 1 1/2 Cups Water
- 1 Tbsp. Olive Oil
- 1/2 Cup Sourdough Starter
Hand Pie Filling
- 2 Tbsp. Butter or Olive Oil
- 1 Cup Diced Onions
- 1/2 Cup Diced Leeks
- 1 lbs. Organic Ground Beef
- 1 Cup Shredded Cabbage
- 1 Cup Chopped Kale
- 1 Cup Chopped Spinach
- 1 Cup Grated or Cubed Cheese
- 4 Tbsp. Shredded Fresh Basil or 2 tsp. Dried Basil
- 1 Cup Leftover Baked Squash or Pumpkin Optional
- 1 tsp. Sea Salt
- 1 tsp. Black Pepper
- 1/4 tsp. Cayenne Powder or Chilli Lime Seasoning
Instructions
Hand Pie Dough
- Mix 1 cup einkorn, 2 cups organic white flour, 1 tsp. sea salt, and 1/2 tsp. powdered garlic in a medium sized bowl.
- In another bowl mix 1 1/2 water, 1/2 cup sourdough starter, and 1 Tbsp. olive oil.
- Add the water mixture to the flour mixture and stir until dough begins to form. If you're using a mixer, mix until the dough clear the sides of the bowl. If you're stirring, mix by hand until cohesive dough forms. Shape into a ball.
- Place the ball back in the bowl and cover. Allow to ferment for at least six hours in a warm place. If you'd like to ferment it overnight, place the dough in the fridge.
Make Hand Pie Filling
- Melt 2 Tbsp. of butter in a medium-sized pan. Sautee 1 cup of diced onions and 1/2 cups of diced leeks. Once the onions are opaque, add the 1lb. of ground beef and cook until browned. Break apart hamburger so that it's not clumped together.
- Add 1 cup of shredded cabbage and 1 cup of chopped kale and cook until softened. Add 1 cup of chopped spinach.
- Remove the beef and veggie combination to a large bowl and add 1 cup cheese, 1 cup squash, 1 tsp. sea salt, 1 tsp. black pepper, and 1/4 tsp. cayenne. Mix thoroughly until all the ingredients are thoroughly incorporated.
To Bake Sourdough Beef Hand Pies
- Preheat your oven to 350F/176C.
- Remove the dough from the bowl and work with your hands for a few minutes to smooth and shape it into a log. Using kitchen scissors, cut the dough log into 12 equal pieces. You can weigh them to be sure they're exactly the same weight, or you can eyeball it.
- Sprinkle flour on a clean surface or simple wet the surface to prevent sticking. Roll each ball of dough out in a circle to about 1/4" thickness. Add 1/4 cup to 1/2 cup of the beef filling to one side of each circle of dough. Don't overfill or it will eventually leak out and burst when it's baking.
- Fold one side of the dough up and over the side with the filling. Fold over the edge and/or use a fork to seal the outside edge of the hand pie.
- Place each hand pie on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown. Brush with butter while still hot.
Notes
This recipe is highly adaptable, so feel free to switch out any veggies you have in the fridge. If you grow your own veggies, be sure to make these seasonal food by using whatever you have that's freshest.
The squash isn't necessary, but it does act as a kind of binder; the cheese does, too.
- You can omit the cheese, if you'd like to go dairy-free.
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