Meat pies creole style

Yield: 8 Servings

Ingredients:

1 lb Lean ground beef pork veal
1 ts Water

Instructions:

hot Salt to taste Black pepper freshly ground Hot pepper sauce to taste 1 Onion small minced 1 Garlic clove minced 2 tb Parsley chopped 3 Green onion tops chopped Vegetable oil for deep-fryin MMMMM--------------------------POCKETS------------------------------- 4 c Flour all-purpose 1/2 ts Baking soda 2 ts Baking powder 1/2 c Vegetable shortening 1 Egg 1 c Milk 1. In large skillet combine all ingredients except Pockets and vegetable oil. 2. Cook over low heat stirring until meat is done. 3. Put spoonful of meat mixture in center of each pocket; fold over dough and pinch edges together to seal. 4. Deep-fry in fat until brown. 5. Drain on paper towels. *** POCKETS *** 1. Combine dry ingredients in large mixing bowl. 2. Cut in shortening using pastry blender. 3. Add milk and form dough; divide dough into egg-size pieces. 4. Roll each piece of dough into a circle 6 inches in diameter; set aside.