Recipe Box, Pork & Pineapple Hand Pies

the Painted Apron

8 years ago

The weekend before Christmas, HHjr came in with a huge pork butt…

“Mom! Check this out! The store was running a special, spend $30 and you can buy a pork butt for $5, so I got the biggest one they had!”

The men in my family get very excited about pork… and this thing was a Monster…

“You know there’s only 4 of us for dinner tonight, right?” I asked

“I think I’ll put it on the rotisserie with some pineapple”…{ he loves to grill pineapple }

And there it was, a giant 10 lb., 2 foot long, pork and pineapple kebab 🐷 🍍

“Wow, that’s a lot of pork,” I mumbled…

“Oh, we’ll do something with it,” he said…

and by the next morning we had a plan, BBQ Pork and Pineapple Hand Pies

He chopped up the meat and pineapple

Then chopped it even finer and mixed it with his favorite Easy Breezy BBQ sauce

He also added another small can of pineapple tidbits

One sheet of puff pastry was perfect for 9 pies. I cut it along the fold lines, then rolled it out a little thinner and cut each strip into 3 squares

Add filling, fold and crimp

We put them on a baking sheet lined with wax paper and froze them. Once frozen they were sealed in a ziplock bag for future baking

We took them over to DD’s on Christmas Day, popped them in the oven, and had a satisfying supper as we enjoyed Christmas evening with just our family

Pork and Pineapple Hand Pies

Course Appetizer

Cuisine American

Keyword appetizer, BBQ pork, hand pie, pineapple,

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 30

Servings 18

Ingredients

6 cups cooked pork shredded or chopped
2 cups pineapple tidbits or chopped pineapple
2 cups BBQ sauce divided
1 pkg. 2 sheets thawed puff pastry
1 egg beaten, optional

Instructions

Mix meat with pineapple and 1 cup BBQ sauce. Add more sauce until the mixture is moist, but not too runny. Serve remaining sauce on the side for dipping.
Cut each sheet of pastry into 3 strips along fold lines, and then cut each strip into 3 squares. You should have a total of nine squares from each pastry sheet. Roll each square out to form a larger piece of pastry. Place about 1/3 cup of meat mixture onto each square. Dip your fingertip in water and brush over the edges of pastry. Fold over, sealing edges with the tines of a fork. Use a sharp knife to make a cut in the center of each pastry to vent while cooking. Brush with egg for a shiny crust if desired.
Bake at 400 for 20-30 minutes until golden and pastry has cooked through. Serve with additional BBQ sauce on the side. Makes 18 hand pies.

I was too pooped to properly photo…

But, we all know that Puff Pastry is good wrapped around everything!

Save this one for Super Bowl Sunday!! 🏈

for another printable version of BBQ Pork & Pineapple Hand Pies click here

You also might like these super easy Puff Pastry Bites made with ham or salami and cheese-always a real crowd pleaser that only takes minutes to prepare