18 August, 2015
Cornish Pasties
Cornish Pasties
Makes: approximately 36
Ingredients:
- 500g plain flour
- Pinch salt
- 250g butter, chilled and cubed
- 200ml water
- 500g beef mince
- 1 carrot
- 1 small onion
- 1 celery stalk
- 1 small potato
- 1 small parsnip
- 1 small swede
- 100g sweet potato
- 100g butternut pumpkin
- 1/4 cup shredded fresh parsley
Method:
- Peel vegetables as appropriate and either finely dice (5mm cubes) or grate all the vegetables and place in a large mixing bowl, add in the mince meat and use your hands to combine the ingredients well ensuring all the vegetables are well mixed into the mince, place in the fridge while you prepare the pastry
- Place the flour into a large mixing bowl and add in the salt, using your finger tips rub the cubed butter into the flour until there are no butter “chunks” and the flour now resembles a yellow tinted breadcrumbs
- Add in the flour and very quickly using your hands mix the dough to bring it all together squeezing and patting the dough. Do not knead the dough just work with your hands in the bowl to bring it together
- Take approximately 1/8 of the dough and roll out on a lightly floured bench to approximately 1/2cm thick and use a 10cm round cookie cutter to cut your dough, place a tablespoon of filling in your hands and compress tightly, place in the centre of the pastry disc, use a pastry brush to spread some egg wash the whole way around the pastry disc and pinch the pastry up and over the pastry filling to create your Cornish pasty
- Repeat with the remaining cut pastry disc
- Mix the uncut pastry with some of the pastry set aside and knead gently to bring together and cut our more disc, complete and repeat until all the pastry and/or filling is used
- Preheat oven to 200 degree Celsius and line baking trays with baking paper
- Place the pasties on the tray and coat with the egg wash and cook for 30-15 minutes until golden.
Recipe Notes:
- Store in an airtight container in the fridge for the maximum of 3 days
- This recipe is freezer friendly to be consumed within3 months
Disclaimer: C4K Kitchen does not hold any responsibility for the consumer using this recipe including the storage guidelines and time frames recommended in the recipe notes. The consumer holds all responsibilities to ensure that food hygiene and safety standards are adhered to.