Categories: Hamburger, Mexican, Pies, Beef 
      Yield: 5 servings 
  
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      1 lb Ground Beef 
      2    Garlic Cloves, Minced 
      2    Hard Boiled Eggs 
           Cold, Chopped 
    1/4 c  Milk 
           Salt & Black Pepper 
           Raisins, To Taste 
           Green Olives, Chopped 
      1 pn Crushed Red Pepper 
           Cooking Oil 
      1 lg Onion, Chopped 
           Pastry Dough 
  
  Fry onions in cooking oil until soft.  Add minced garlic and brown lightly. 
  Drain oil.  Add ground beef to onions and saute until meat turns a light 
  brown.  Add chopped olives, eggs, salt and black pepper, raisins, pinch of 
  red pepper and milk.  Allow to simmer (uncovered) over low heat for 5 mins. 
   
  PASTRY DOUGH: Any good grade of commercial pie crust mix will give 
  satisfactory results -or- use your own favorite recipe .... Roll out dough 
  1/8" thickness and cut with a 5" cutter.  Place meat filling on one side of 
  the dough.  Fold the other side over the filling and pinch the edges. Deep 
  fry in hot cooking oil until crisp and brown .. or .. bake in a 400ÜF oven 
  until the crust is a golden brown 
   
  Yields 5 meat pies 
   
  Posted by Jodi Edmundson