Recipe - Dakota Buffalo And Beer Pie

2 pound Commercially raised buffalo
meat, cut into 1 inch
cubes
2 teaspoon Salt
One half teaspoon Freshly ground pepper
1 teaspoon Sage
1/3 cup Flour
One fourth cup Oil
1 lg Onion, chopped
1 Carrot, chopped
1 Stalk celery, minced
1 lg Potato, cubed
2 cup Beef broth
One fourth cup Tomato puree
1 cup Beer
1 Clove garlic, crushed
1 Bay leaf
3 Sprigs parsley
1 Whole clove
One half teaspoon Thyme
pastry for a single crust
9 Inch pie

Season the meat cubes with salt, pepper, and sage, and dredge in One fourth cup of
the flour. Heat oil in a large skillet and brown the meat on all sides.
Using a slotted spoon, transfer meat to a heavy Dutch oven. In the
remaining oil in the skillet, saute onion, carrot, celery, and potatoe
until lightly browned. Using a slotted spoon, add vegetables to meat in
Dutch oven. Sprinkle remaining flour over drippings in skillet and cook
stirring, until lightly browned. Stir in the broth, tomato puree, beer,
garlic, bay leaf, parsley, clove, and thyme. Pour over meat and vegetables.
Bring to a boil, cover, and simmer until meat is tender, about 1One half hours.
Pour into a deep 9 inch pie dish and let cool. When meat is cool, roll out
pastry and cover dish. Cut steam vents in crust and bake in preheated 425F
oven for 3035 minutes, until pastry is browned. Makes 6 servings.

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Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 15:05:11 0400

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