True Cornish Pasty

Ingredients

• 900g Plain Flour
• 4tsp Baking Powder
• 1tsp Salt
• 250g Unsalted butter
• 2 Egg Yolks
• 250ml Cold Water
• 400g Potato, finely diced
• 100g Swede, finely diced
• 150g Onion, finely chopped
• 100g Pumpkin, finely chopped
• 100g carrot, finely chopped
• 300g Uncooked Beef , finely chopped or minced.
• 2 small Apples
• Salt and black pepper

Method

• Step 1To make the pastry: Place the flour, baking powder, salt, butter and egg yolks into a bowl and rub through fingers till it forms crumbs.
• Step 2Slowly add the water until a ball of pastry appears
• Step 3You may not need all the water.
• Step 4Wrap the pastry in cling film and leave it to chill in the fridge for an hour.
• Step 5To make the filling: Dice all the veggies into about ¼” cubes.
• Step 6Cut the meat up to about the same size.
• Step 7Mix meat and veggies in a bowl and season with salt and pepper.
• Step 8Cut the apples into thin slices.
• Step 9Roll out pastry and cut into rings using a plate as a guide.
• Step 10Fill with the meat and veg. on one end and apple the other.
• Step 11Fold over the pastry and crimp with fingers.
• Step 12Paint with milk and bake in camp oven for about 30-40 min. at 180 deg.

Created: 28 Oct 2014 - brian p
Updated: 16 Nov 2014 - Ken M1