Cornish Picnic Pasties
Cornish Picnic Pasties are similar to the classic Cornish pasties but are smaller and often served cold, making them ideal for picnics and outdoor meals.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 6 pasties 1x
- Category: Sandwiches
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: Irish
Ingredients
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Pastry for 2 crust pie
1 1/2 cups peeled, thinly sliced potatoes
1 small turnip, quartered and thinly sliced
1/2 cup coarsely chopped carrot
2 tablespoons chopped onion
3/4 pound ground beef
1 tablespoon dried parsley
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
2 tablespoons butter
1 egg, beaten
Instructions
- Prepare pastry. Form dough into 6 balls; cover and refrigerate.
- Heat oven to 425 degrees F.
- In a mixing bowl, combine ground beef, potatoes, turnip, carrot, parsley, onion, salt and pepper. Mix well.
- To make pasties, roll each ball of dough into an 8 inch circle. Spread 1/6 of the filling on half of each circle. Dot filling with butter. Moisten edge of each circle. Fold over. Fold edge of bottom crust over top. Seal with fingers.
- Make 2 slits in top of each pasty. Brush top of each with beaten egg. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet for 30 minutes. Cool on wire racks.
- Wrap each in plastic wrap for transportation to picnic or work.
Notes
Cornish Picnic Pasties can be prepared the night before and refrigerated. The next day, wrap in plastic wrap and head for picnic.
For serving you may want to cut pasties in half and have some mustard sauce handy.
Find it online: https://simplygreatrecipes.com/cornish-picnic-pasties/