I love pasties! They are super easy to make - and super filling. They can be as ordinary as you want or as crazy {delicious} as you want!
First, make a pie crust.
3 Cups All Purpose Flour
1 1/2 Cups Crisco (Butter flavor)
2 Teaspoons Kosher Salt
1/2+ Cup water
1. Combine all except water, mixing with {clean} hands. Your dough will not combine yet - and don't force it. Your Crisco should be in pea-sized chunks throughout the flour/salt.
2. Add water slowly until you have a dough that will stick together well.
3. Divide dough into four equally sized balls.
4. Roll out each on a floured surface and set aside.
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Preheat oven for 400 degrees.
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Now for the filling...
1 lb meat of choice
3 med/large russet potatoes
Salt/Pepper/Spices to taste
Veggies, optional
5. Chop up whatever meat your heart desires and place in a bowl. The meat should be in small enough pieces that it cooks through since it is going into the dough raw. I made my meat roughly the size of my pinky nail. I used an inexpensive cut of steak.
6. Chop up potatoes to be about the same size as the meat. Put in your bowl containing the meat.
(6.5) You could stop here - adding salt and pepper and place into pie crust. OR you can add veggies and whatever spices you want. I added a little blue cheese into two of my four steak/potato pasties. Next on my to-do list for pasty making is lamb, potatoes, and sprigs of fresh mint leaves.
7. Place a quarter of your mixture into each pie crust.
8. Fold crusts in half and pinch/roll the edge to create a seal.
9. Poke some small holes in the top of your pasty with a fork.
10. Brush an egg wash onto your pasties.
11. Bake in your 400 degree oven for 45-50 minutes.
Yes, the egg wash is necessary.
