Pasties
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Ingredients
  • Crust:
  • 4 cups bread flour
  • 3 ounces cold lard
  • 2 ounces cold butter
  • 1 & ½ teaspoons salt
  • ⅔ cup ice water, or as needed
  • Filling:
  • 12 ounces beef skirt steak, cubed
  • 1 cup diced Yukon God potatoes
  • ½ cup diced onion
  • ⅓ cup diced turnip (I use rutabaga)
  • 1 & ½ teaspoons salt
  • 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 pinch cayenne pepper
  • 2 tablespoons butter, cut into 8 thin slices
  • 1 large egg, beaten
  • 1 teaspoon water
Instructions
  1. Cut flour, lard, cold butter, and 1 & ½ teaspoons salt together in a bowl.
  2. Blend with a pastry blender until mixture has the consistency of coarse crumbs.
  3. Make a well in the center and pour in ice water.
  4. Mix with a fork until mixture begins to come together.
  5. Use hands to form into a dough ball.
  6. Turn dough out onto a lightly-floured work surface.
  7. Knead until dough is smooth and forms a firm ball, about 2 minutes.
  8. Wrap dough tightly in plastic wrap and refrigerate until chilled, at least 2 hours.
  9. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  10. Line a baking sheet with a silicone baking mat.
  11. Stir steak, potatoes, onion, turnip, salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper together.
  12. Beat egg and I teaspoon water together in a small bowl.
  13. Divide dough into 4 equal rounds and roll each round out to about ⅛-inch thickness.
  14. Make each 8-inches in diameter.
  15. Brush each dough round with egg mixture.
  16. Place ¼ of the steak mixture slightly off-center on each round of dough.
  17. Top steak mixture with 2 slices of butter.
  18. Fold dough over steak filling to form a half moon shape and press edges together to seal.
  19. Trim excess dough from edges of paties.
  20. Transfer pasties to the baking sheet.
  21. Crimp edges with the tines of a fork; poke fork 1 time into the top center of each pasty.
  22. Brush tops with egg mixture.
  23. Bake in the preheated oven until browned and bubbly, about 1 hour.
  24. Cool on a wire rack for 5 to 10 minutes.
Recipe by Hopelessly Hopeful at https://www.hopelessly-hopeful.com/2020/07/27/pasties/