SEVERED HAND RECIPES

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a saute pan. Cook onions until slightly translucent (about 4 minutes). Add ground beef and brown. Drain out grease.
• Add the rest of the filling ingredients and simmer 15-20 minutes with lid.
• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
• Trace your hand to create a hand stencil out of cardboard.
• Roll out the pie crust onto a floured surface.
• Use a paring knife to cut 2 hands in each sheet of pie crust, making a total of 8 hands (4 for base, 4 for top).
• Brush edges of the base hands with egg wash. Add 2 tablespoons of filling to the center of each and 2 tablespoons shredded cheese. Cover each with second dough hand and press around the edges. Crimp edges with fork and brush with egg.
• Bake for 14 minutes. Serve warm.

Steps:

• The night before the party, fill a few latex gloves with some filtered water, tie them up like you would a balloon and freeze overnight.
• In a big punch bowl combine red wine, sparkling water, orange juice, brandy, brown sugar, fruit slices, and sour cherry syrup. Stir and add 1 frozen ice-hand, latex glove removed.