British · lunch
Cornish Pasties A classic Cornish pasty made with chopped beef, potatoes, turnips, and onions in a shortcrust pastry, seasoned generously with black pepper and baked until golden.
total 1 hr 30 min
cook 1 hr
servings 4 Original recipe on britishfoodhistory.com
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Back to 4 servings For the shortcrust pastry 400 g plain flour 100 g salted butter, diced 100 g lard, diced 80 g water For the filling 300 g chuck, skirt or braising steak, gristle and fat removed 125 g onion, a medium-sized one, chopped 125 g turnip, peeled and thinly sliced 250 g potato, peeled and thinly sliced salt, and freshly-ground black pepper thyme, fresh or dried (optional) 4 tbs beef stock or water Egg wash 1 egg, beaten with ½ tsp salt
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1 Step 1: Place the flour, butter and lard in a mixing bowl. If you have an electric mixer, use the flat beater and turn on to a low speed until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. If you are doing this by hand, rub the fat into the flour with the tips of fingers. It shouldn't take longer than five minutes.2 Step 2: Trickle in the water with the mixer on its slowest speed and stop it as soon as the dough comes together. If doing by hand, add half the water and mix in with one hand, trickling in the rest of the water as you mix.3 Step 3: Either way the dough should come together and not feel sticky – it shouldn't stick to your worktop, but it will feel a little tacky. Lightly flour your work surface and knead the pastry briefly. This is where you may go wrong – over-kneading results in tough, shrinking pastry. The way to tell you are done kneading is to pinch some of the dough between your thumb and forefinger – it should just split around the edges when you pinch it hard.4 Step 4: Cover the dough and pop in the fridge to rest for 30 minutes.5 Step 5: Meanwhile, get the filling ready. Place all the vegetables and a good pinch of thyme if using in a large mixing bowl. Season and mix with your hand, then add the meat, season that and then mix in. Remember to be generous with the black pepper – add what you think is sufficient, then do a couple more twists of the mill.6 Step 6: Remove the pastry from the fridge and split into two or four equal pieces. Form into balls and roll each out on a lightly floured surface, using a lightly floured rolling pin. I rolled out two large dinner plate sized circles of dough to around 3mm thickness – that of a pound coin. Don't worry if they are a little wonky, they get tidied up as we go. That said, if it's looking more like a map of the Isle of Wight than a circle, you might want to neaten up a little.7 Step 7: Now heap up the filling in a line just slightly off centre, dividing equally between the circles of dough. Sprinkle with the beef stock or water. Brush a semi-circle of egg wash down the edge nearest to the filling and then fold the dough over leaving the dough beneath poking out by 5 or 10mm.8 Step 8: Next egg wash the side again and crimp down the edge – this makes things extra-secure as the filling expands in the oven. To crimp, fold over one corner inwards with a finger, squidge down the next section of pastry and repeat until you have worked all your way around the pasty.9 Step 9: Place on a lined baking tray, egg wash the tops and poke in a couple of holes with a sharp knife. Bake for 1 hour at 200°C, turning down the temperature to 180°C once the pastry is golden brown, around 20-30 minutes into the bake.10 Step 10: Remove and eat hot or cold.getsaucepan.com/r/958bcd40-bfa6-465b-b8ac-a26edffd6f27 · Original: https://britishfoodhistory.com/2019/09/13/cornish-pasties/
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