Two beef pasties

Beef pasties

Name: Beef pasties
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 2 x 320g packs shortcrust or puff pastry or 640g homemade pastry; 250g white potatoes; 1 onion; 250g swede; 250g beef skirt; 40g butter; plain flour for dusting; 1 egg beaten

Karenza Mason

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Serves 6

Easy

Prep: 45 mins

Cook: 1 hr

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Make these traditional beef pasties for a comforting lunch. Encased in shortcrust pastry, they're filled with chunks of beef, swede, carrot, potato and onion

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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2 x 320g packs shortcrust or puff pastry

or 640g homemade pastry
250g white potatoes
1 onion
250g swede
250g beef skirt
40g butter
plain flour

for dusting
1 egg

beaten

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Nutrition: Per serving

kcal713
fat48g
saturates19g
carbs52g
sugars5g
fibre6g

high
protein16g
salt0.8g

Method

step 1

Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. If using shop-bought pastry, take it out of the fridge to reach room temperature while you prepare the vegetables and meat.
step 2

Peel and roughly chop the potatoes, onion and swede into ¼cm cubes. Trim the beef of any fat or sinew, then cut into small strips and chunks. Season well and divide both the meat and vegetables into six equally sized portions.
step 3

Roll the pastry into a log and cut into six equal pieces. Knead and lightly stretch or roll each piece into 20cm-wide circles. Layer on the beef and veg, slightly to one side. Keep harder textures like swede in the middle, followed by potato then beef towards the edges. This will prevent anything piercing the dough when crimping.
step 4

Add two knobs of the butter per pasty and a light sprinkling of flour to thicken the gravy inside and prevent soggy bottoms. Lightly wet your fingertips and dampen the edges of each pasty, then gently fold one end over the filling to enclose it. Keeping your fingers slightly damp, crimp the edges.
step 5

Put the pasties on a baking tray covered with a sheet of baking parchment, then cut two small slits into the top of each. Brush with beaten egg and cook for 10-15 mins. When starting to brown, turn the oven down to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and cook for further 45 mins until golden. Leave to cool for at least 10 mins before serving.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, January 2022

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