Cornish Pasties

Pastry Recipe

16 ounces white flour
16 ounces white whole wheat  flour
1 teaspoon of
CORNISH SEA SALT - A new, gourmet seasoning from England! Hand-harvested, pure, light & crunchy.
8 ounces unsalted butter
8 ounces of
Armour Star Lard, 1-Pound (Pack of 8)
note you can use all butter (not traditional)
1 1/2 cups of water

Mix butter and lard into the flour until it reaches a meal like consistency. I used a Oxo Good Grips Dough Blender. Pour the water in, reserving a little depending on the flour. It should have the consistency of pie dough. Work the dough as little as
possible. Cover with plastic wrap and then refrigerate
for at least one hour.

 

Filing Recipe

1 1/2 pounds of New York Steak sliced into 1/4 inch pieces

1 rutabaga diced into 1/4 inch pieces

2 potatoes diced into 1/4 inch pieces

1 small onion sliced extremely finely with a Progressive International HGT-11 Folding Mandoline Slicer

1 bunch of watercress
* Filling is traditionally rather bland. You can add
non traditional ingredients such as diced roasted canned chiles, roasted red peppers, garlic, roasted cumin seeds, smoked paprika.

black pepper and salt to taste
egg wash (1 egg yolk mixed with 1 tablespoon milk)
Note you can serve with spicy ketsup too!

Cut the chilled pastry in half. Roll out half of the pastry on a Regency Pastry Cloth & Rolling Pin Cover Set until it is the thickness of pie dough. Take an 8 inch round plate as a tool to cut out 4 circles with a Wilton Pastry Wheel.Repeat the process until you have 8 pasties.

Assemble

Place the swede and onion slices around the center of the pastry. Very lightly salt and pepper. Then layer the meat all over the pastry in a single layer. Very lightly sprinkle with salt and pepper. Then add another layer of potatoes with the watercress leaves left whole and stems removed. Dot with a little butter. Brush one side of the pastry lightly with water. Seal as shown in the photo. Brush pasties with egg wash mixture. Make sure to slit the pastry to let the steam out. Bake in a 425 degree oven for 20 minutes. If they are browning to fast, then turn the heat down to 325 degrees. Bake for 30 minutes more and then turn off the heat. Leave the pasties in the oven for another 15 minutes with the oven door shut.