Daddy’s Pasties
Course
Main Dish
Servings
18
pasties
Cook Time
1
hour
Servings
18
pasties
Cook Time
1
hour
Ingredients
6 1/3
cups
flour
1
Tbl
salt
1/2
Tbl
baking soda
1
pound
lard
or unsalted butter
1.5
cups
Water
with ice in it
5
cups
diced potatoes
4
cups
diced carrots
or rutabaga (or a combination of the two)
1.5
cups
diced onions
2.5
pounds
fresh ground chuck
uncooked (or thin slices of strip steak or flank)
1
Tbl
salt
1.5
tsp
pepper
2
Tbl
sugar
1/2
pound
bacon, uncooked
or suet
1
Tbl
butter
to dot top
parsley
optional
Instructions
Pasty crust is very similar to making a pie crust.
The less you handle it, the flakier the crust will be.
Make crust by mixing flour, salt and baking soda together.
Cut in butter until dough is the size of small peas.
Add one cup water (remove ice) and mix dough.
If needed, add water, one tablespoon at a time until dough sticks together and forms a ball.
Place dough in refrigerator until vegetables are ready.
Divide dough into 15-20 pieces for dinner size (sharing size) pasties.
Roll each section to around 9 inch dinner plate size.
Mix all the filling ingredients, except for lard and butter, together.
Divide filling between circles.
Add lard (if using) and butter.
Add extra salt and pepper to taste.
Sprinkle extra parsley to the top.
Fold crust over and crimp edges shut.
Bake at 425 for one half hour.
Reduce heat to 350 degrees and bake another half hour.
Crust will be brown and vegetables soft when poked with a knife.
Once cool, these freeze well.
Recipe Notes
Instead of lard or butter, add some diced bacon to the filling.