Pork Pies

Ingredients

• 1.5 teaspoons double-acting baking powder 
• 0.3 teaspoon pepper black
• 0.5 teaspoon savoury dried crumbled
• 1.5 cups flour all-purpose
• 1  garlic clove minced
• 0.3 teaspoon ground allspice 
• 1 pound ground pork lean
• 0.8 cup onion finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon salt 
• 24 servings tomatoes 
• 2 tablespoons butter unsalted cold cut into 1/2-inch cubes
• 3 tablespoons shortening cold
• 0.5 cup milk whole

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• oven
• knife
• whisk
• blender
• muffin liners
• rolling pin

Directions

1. Cook pork with onion, garlic, savory, salt, allspice, and pepper in a 12-inch nonstick skillet over moderate heat, stirring frequently and breaking up lumps with a fork, until pork is no longer pink, 5 to 7 minutes.
2. Sprinkle with flour and cook, stirring, until thickened, 3 to 4 minutes. Cool filling completely.
3. Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 425°F.
4. Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Blend in shortening and butter with a pastry blender or your fingertips until mixture resembles coarse meal.
5. Add milk and stir with a fork just until a dough forms. Turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface and gently knead 10 to 12 times.
6. Roll out dough on lightly floured surface with a floured rolling pin into a rough 18-inch round (1/8 inch thick), dusting with just enough additional flour to keep dough from sticking.
7. Cut out 24 rounds with 3-inch cutter and 24 leaves with leaf-shaped cutter. Make decorative lines on leaves with tip of a sharp paring knife.
8. Fit each round into a muffin cup and fill with a rounded tablespoon of filling. Arrange leaves on filling.
9. Bake pies until crusts are golden, 15 to 17 minutes. Lift pies out of muffin cups and transfer to a rack. Cool to warm, about 15 minutes.
10. *Available at Sweet Celebrations (800-328-6722).
11. ·Filling can be made 1 day ahead and chilled, covered. Bring to room temperature before using.·Pies can be assembled and baked 6 hours ahead and cooled, uncovered, then chilled, uncovered.
12. Serve at room temperature or reheat in preheated 350°F oven until warm, about 15 minutes.