How to Cook Tasty Cornish pasties

Cornish pasties.

You can have Cornish pasties using 12 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Cornish pasties

1. You need of Shortcrust pastry:.
2. You need 350 grams of plain flour.
3. You need 150 grams of either butter or margarine or a mixture of butter or margarine qnd cooking fat or lard.
4. It's of cold water to bind.
5. You need of Filling:.
6. It's 450 grams of minced beef.
7. You need 2 of medium.
8. You need 2 medium of potatoes.
9. Prepare 2 tbsp of beef stock.
10. Prepare to taste of salt and pepper.
11. It's of Glaze:.
12. It's 1 of egg.

Cornish pasties step by step

1. Sift the flour and salt into a mixing bowl; cut the selected fat into small pieces and drop into the flour..
2. Rub the fat into the flour with the tips of your fingers, lifting the mixture high above the bowl, so it remains cool and does not become over sticky..
3. Stop immediately the mixture looks like fine breadcrumbs..
4. Add the cold water slowly and gradually until you have just enough to bind the mixture together and leave the mixing bowl clean. You can use a knife first at the beginning of the process but you must use your fingertips to judge the consistency of the dough. Knead together very gently then use in the recipe..
5. Make the pastry.
6. Roll out pastry and cut into 4 really large rounds..
7. Cut the potatoes and onion into 5mm/ 1/4 inch cubes..
8. Mix minced beef, potatoes, onion, salt, pepper and the stock..
9. Spoon into the center of each pastry round..
10. Dampen the pastry edges, bring together to form the traditional pastry shape, press firmly and flute..
11. Lift on a baking tray..
12. Beat the egg and brush over the pasties..
13. Bake in the center of a hot oven 220°C/425°F for 20 min..
14. Lower the heat to moderate 180°C/350°F for a further 25-30 min..
15. Serve hot or cold.