yupper opening day pasties

Recipe by
Stormy Stewart
Mio, MI

A tradition in deer country according to the movie " Escanaba in da Moonlight". So this being Eric's first year hunting ever he wanted to start a yearly tradition.

yield 4 serving(s)
prep time 35 Min
cook time 30 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For yupper opening day pasties

  • 1 pkg
    packaged pie crust in the dairy isle (long thin box with two pie shells)
  • 1 lb
    hamburger
  • 1 sm
    onion
  • 1 tsp
    minced garlic
  • 1/4 tsp
    ground black pepper
  • 8
    (shakes) worcestershire sauce
  • 1/4 c
    ketchup
  • 4 md
    brown skinned potatoes
  • 1/2
    rutabaga
  • 1 c
    carrots (optional) would be added to cook with other veggies

How To Make yupper opening day pasties

  • 1
    Cut potatoes into four and peal rutabaga then cut into same size pieces Pull the pastry (pie)sheets from the fridge to warm up. Boil the potatoes and rutabaga until done drain and set aside to cool. once cool you can easily remove peels from the potatoes. Then chop into bite sized pieces.
  • 2
    Brown hamburger with onion and garlic. Add the potato mixture to the hamburger mix,and cook together a few minutes. Add the Worcestershire sauce and ketchup and mix well
  • 3
    Unravel the pie shells (2) and cut each in half. fill with 1/4 of mixture on one side and fold over and seal shut by crimping edges.
  • 4
    Bake at 375 for 25-30 minutes until lightly golden brown. can serve with or without gravy.
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