Anniversary Food - Main Dish

This is good traditional English grub. The Cornish Pastie was invented for Cornish coal miners to take as their meal. The original pasties had large crimping so the the miners could hold it here and discard it as it would be coverd in coal. I made 1 traditonal and 2 of my own variations.

Traditional
Pie?
For 2 to share.

Pastry: 8 oz self raising flour, 4 oz butter or shortning, enough water to mix.

To make the pastry: Rub together the flour and fat, do not overwork as this will create hard pastry. Add water until it becomes like playdough, again too much will make your pastry hard.

for the filling: Chuck steak cubed, 1 onion, 1 Carrot, 1 Potatoe, seasoned flour, crumbled beef boulion cube. SLice and dice all the ingrediants into a bowl cover with seasoned flour and the boulion cube.

To make pasties: Roll out pastry and cut into circles to meet your portion needs. Place the filling in the center. Brush the edges with water to help them stick. Gather up and crimp over the top. Brush the Pastie with beaten egg and put on a baking sheet into a 450 Degree oven until pastry is cooked, about 10 mins. Then lower temp to 350 and bake for about 35-45 mins. Kepp an eye on these as they could burn quickly.