Pasty

Published: January 1, 2023
Chef: KemoNine • Category: Dinner • Cuisine: Comfort

Crust 1

  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 tsp flour
  • 3/4 cup crisco
  • 1/4 cup water

Crust 2

  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 3/4 cup crisco

Fillings

  • 2 lbs potatoes (diced)
  • 1.5 lbs carrots (diced)
  • 0.5 lbs rutabega (diced)
  • 1 onion
  • 1-2 lbs ground beef (use 50/50 mix of ground beef and ground pork for authentic)
  • butter pads (unsalted)
  • salt
  • pepper

Crust Directions

  • Combine flour and salt
  • Cut in shortening - should look like coarse cornmeal
  • add water-
  • gather into ball
  • divide into 6 equal parts
  • chill for 1 hour

Pasty Directions

  • Roll crust out
  • Add potato/rutabega/onion/meat/salt/pepper/butter as filling on top of 1/2 rolled dough
  • fold over
  • pinch edges to seal (should look like a folded in half circle)
  • bake @ 350 for ~45 mins checking for completion at 30 mins

Pictured: A set of 3 pasties shown as a vertical arrangement. The middle one is cut in half and splayed open showing the contents. The image was obtained from Unsplash at https://unsplash.com/photos/bXP4ijL9BrY