Egg & Chorizo Breakfast Hand Pie

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Recipe Notes:

For this recipe I use my single crust recipe that you can find here. Place in a 425 degree oven for about 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. 

You may use any shape you like for these hand pies. I just used some tupperware to create a round disk shape, and then folded the dough over to create a half moon hand pie. Any shape will work, hearts, squares, triangles, rectangles…… stars…………… get creative!!

You can also get creative with the actual crust. Braid it, crimp it, pinch it, flute it, whatever you feel confident with doing. Do it. It will all taste the same.

Egg & Chorizo Breakfast Hand Pie

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Ingredients

• ½ lb or 2 sausage links chorizo, casings removed
• 3 eggs + 1 egg for egg wash
• 1 tbsp milk
• ½ jalapeno, seeds removed, diced
• ¼ cup - ½ cup cheddar cheese shredded
• Single crust pie recipe
• Optional:
• ½ cup greek yogurt,
• 1 tbsp chopped chives
• ¼ lime, squeezed
• Salt & pepper to taste.

Instructions

1. First in a lage pan add your chorizo over medium heat and brown. Remove from heat and place on a paper towel (to soak up some fat)
2. In a bowl add your eggs and 2 tbsp milk. Whisk.
3. Add beaten eggs to same pan you cooked chorizo in and scramble over medium heat.
4. Remove from heat.
5. In food processor add your chorizo & scrambled eggs. Pulse until JUST combined and there are smaller egg/chorizo crumbles.
6. Next rolling out one pie layer at a time, roll out onto a well floured surface (or on top of wax paper). Using whatever kind of shape cutter you want, cut/shape your hand pies. I like to use a large container top.
7. Next add about ⅓ cup egg mixture. Sprinkle with a couple jalpaneo slices & cover with cheese.
8. Add egg wash to rim around the dough and fold over, creating a half moon shape. Pinch down ends with fork. Add more egg wash on top, and score the top.
9. Place in oven for 15-25 minutes, until golden brown.
10. Remove from oven and serve with optional greek yogurt sauce.

For the greek yogurt sauce:

1. in a small bowl add yogurt, chives & lime. Salt & pepper to taste. Mix and serve.

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