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Cornish Pasties

Little pies of flaky lard and butter pastry packed with raw diced beef, rutabaga, potato and onion, sealed and crimped, and baked until golden. Great warm or cold.

  • YieldMakes 4 pasties
  • Hands-on55 min
  • Total2 h 17 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

Pastry

  • 100 glard, chilled and diced
  • 55 gunsalted butter, chilled and diced
  • 190 gall-purpose flour, plus extra for dusting
  • ½ tspsalt
  • 60 mlcold water, about
  • 1large egg, beaten, to glaze

Filling

  • 250 gbeef skirt steak, trimmed, cut into 1 cm cubes
  • 80 grutabaga, peeled, cut into 5 mm cubes
  • 100 gwaxy potatoes, such as Yukon Gold, peeled, cut into 5 mm cubes
  • 1large onion, finely chopped
  • 1 tspWorcestershire sauce
  • 1 tspall-purpose flour
  • to tastesea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Contains

  • Gluten
  • Dairy
  • Egg
  • Soy
  • Fish
  • Birds' eggs (any)
  • Anchovy
  • Legumes (any)
  • Tamarind
  • Wheat
  • Barley
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Potato (white)
  • Chili peppers
  • Onion family (any)
  • Onion
  • Garlic
  • Cabbage family (any)
  • Rutabaga
  • Black and white pepper
  • Clove
  • All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
  • Beef and veal
  • Pork

Taste

  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Herbal / fresh
  • Aromatic spice

Texture

  • Crisp

Equipment

  • Oven

Season

  • Any season

Occasion

  • Weekend project

Effort

  • 45–90 min active
  • 1–3 hours total
  • Difficulty 3
  • Make-ahead friendly
  • Kid-friendly

Nutrition

  • Calories: high
  • Protein: moderate
  • Carbs: moderate
  • Fat: high
  • Fiber: low
  • Sodium: moderate

Budget

  • Budget: low

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