Meat Patties

Today I made these meat patties filled with ground pork.  I got the idea from this show I saw on food network, I can't remember the show's name but they looked easy to make and delicious and I've made them a couple times myself since then and my husband and I love them.  You might think that since you have to make the dough yourself it might be too hard but the dough is the easiest thing in the world to make.  Here's what you'll need:
For the dough: 

• 1 cup of cold water
• 2 cups of flour plus extra for rolling the dough
• 1/2 tsp of salt

For the filling:

• 1 lb of ground pork or whatever ground meat you prefer
• 1 onion chopped finely
• 2 tbsp of chopped parsley
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup of mozzarella cheese (optional)
• salt and pepper to taste

First mix all the filling ingredients and sautee in a pan until the ground pork is cooked.  Strain and put in a bowl to cool.  Next you need to make the dough.  In a bowl add the water, and the flour and salt and with a wooden spoon mix the flour with the water until it is all incorporated.  Next on a well floured surface knead the dough for about a minute.  Cut the dough in 8 pieces and roll each piece in so that it's about 5 inches in diameter.  Fill each piece of dough with 1/8 of the meat filling.  You can use less meat, just make sure you fill them really well, you don't want to be eating dough.  You can either fry these patties or bake them if you're watching your waist.  Enjoy!
The 2009-2014 Outlook for Frozen Ground Meat Patties in the United States