RCI-BR.006.0240.001
Pasties
A (Cornish: pasti, hoggan, incorrectly written as pastie) is a type of pie, originally from Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. It is a baked savory pastry case traditionally filled with sliced meat and vegetables.
Prep25 min
Cook40 min
Total65 min
Servings4
Difficultyintermediate
Ingredients
- swede (rutabaga1 mediumyellow turnip) (or similar root vegetable), peeled, cut into chunks and then thinly sliced.
- potatoes4 largeprepared same as the swede
- onions4 mediumhalved and thinly sliced.
- round (chuck steak)2 poundssliced across the grain into roughly 1cm x 2cm strips .
- Pastry for Cornish Pasties1 unit
- T plain flour (optional)1 unit
- T milk (optional)1 unit
- 1 unit
Method
1
Preheat oven to 400°F 200°C Gas Mark 6.
8 minutes
2
Slice the vegetables.
5 minutes
3
Lightly dust the prepared meat in seasoned flour (optional - makes a thicker gravy of the enclosed juices).
2 minutes
4
Divide the pastry into 4 equal portions. Roll each into circles.
10 minutes
5
Layer meat and vegetables on one half of each pastry circle to within 1" of the edge. Season generously.
5 minutes
6
Brush milk onto the edge of the pastry circles (optional).
2 minutes
7
Bring the other half of the dough over the top of the mixture.
2 minutes
8
Pinch and twist to seal the dough around the edges.
3 minutes
9
Make a couple of small slashes in the top of the pastry to allow steam to escape.
1 minutes
10
Brush pasties with the remaining milk (optional).
2 minutes
11
Use pastry trimmings to make the intended eater's initial(s) on one end of the pasty. This is the Cornish housewife's traditional way of making and identifying individual pasties to suit each family member eg. less seasoning for young children or more meat for a hard-working son or anaemic daughter. Also, it enabled tin-miners and fishermen to identify their pasties if they had had to put them down somewhere half-eaten to attend to some urgent work.
5 minutes
12
Place the pasties on a lightly-greased baking tray (or a double thickness of aluminium foil directly onto the oven shelf).
2 minutes
13
Bake for approx. 45mins on the middle shelf.
45 minutes
14
Best taken with a pint of bitter or stout or a large mug of strong tea.
1 minutes