Spicy meat pies with yogurt sauce

8 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
Sauce
1 cup Plain yogurt
½ teaspoon Dried mint leaves
¼ teaspoon Salt
Filling
½ pounds Ground lamb or beef
½ cup Chopped onion
¼ cup Shredded carrot
2 tablespoons Pine nuts or slivered almonds
2 tablespoons Chopped fresh parsley
½ teaspoon Dried mint leaves
¼ teaspoon Dried oregano leaves
¼ teaspoon Salt
⅛ teaspoon Pepper
1 teaspoon Grated lemon peel
1 tablespoon Lemon juice
1 Garlic clove, minced
Biscuits
1 Can Pillsbury Grands! Refrigerated Buttermilk or Flaky Biscuits
1 teaspoon Sesame seed

Directions

In small bowl, combine all sauce ingredients. Let stand while making meat pies. Heat oven to 375 degrees. In large skillet over medium heat, cook lamb and onion until meat is no longer pink and onion is tender, stirring occasionally; drain. Add remaining filling ingredients; cook and stir for one minute. Remove from heat. Separate dough into 8 biscuits. Press or roll each biscuit into 5 inch circle.

Place scant ¼ c filling in center of each biscuit. Fold dough over filling to form half circle. Press edges together, seal with fork.

Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Sprinkle tops with sesame seeds; lightly press into biscuits. Bake for 13 to 15 minutes or until golden brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheet. Serve hot meat pies with sauce. (1 cup sauce) Per pie: 300 calories, 11 g protein, 28 g carbohydrate, 16 g fat, 22 mg cholesterol, 780 mg sodium. From the 36th Pillsbury Bake Off, by Julie Winter, Grosse Pointe Park MI Submitted By TIFFANY HALL-GRAHAM On 01-12-95

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