Over The Middle Pass Recipe

Ingredients

2 pkgs of pre-made pie crusts

1 can of corn kernals, drained

1 can of your favorite beans

1 16oz bag of your fav. cheese

1 lb of beef cooked/drained

1 whole onion. diced finely

1 green pepper diced finely

1 jalapeno pepper (optional)

1 egg (for wash/sealer later)

sea salt and pepper to taste

1 tsp - extra virgin olive oil

Preparation

1)lay out the crusts & cutoff the out four edges leaving a square in the middle and set aside. 2)then cook up beef & drain (you can actually use any chopped meat you like from shredded pork to strip steak or even diced chicken). 3)next, in either the grease from cooking meat (mom did)or to be healthier, use a tsp. of EV/lite olive oil - fry up your veggies till crisp, but not fully reduced to soft). a)another option is NOT PRE- cook them up if you are going to deep fry the pies which makes the veggies crunchier. b)a healthy option these days is to make an all veggie mix. 4)take ~ a Tbs.of meat mixture & put in middle of cut pie sections. add cheese, veggies & beans cooked(or uncooked). 5)now whip up your egg as a wash & spread over edges. put a 2nd layer over & crimp the edges to look like a football. 6)bake 20 minutes @ 325 or deep fry till golden brown & puffs up like a “pass over the middle”. mom’s actually looked like little footballs & were popular at tailgate parties because you didn’t know what was in it. her secret: use a fork to make a V(veg) or M(meat). this also helps to keep them from exploding due to steam.