Pasty crust

[ikesdad]

Does anyone have a simple pasty crust recipe without too many steps involved ? At times, I just cant get the crust correct.

 

[nitrofd]

Does anyone have a simple pasty crust recipe without too many steps involved ? At times, I just cant get the crust correct.

Use sweet butter to roll into your flour.do not use salted butter.

 

[Hawkeye Brehm]

Does anyone have a simple pasty crust recipe without too many steps involved ? At times, I just cant get the crust correct.

Biscuit dough works well as a pasty crust, actually.

 

[NH Civil War Gal]

Are we talking like "Cornish Pasties" that I had in England - a meat pie you can hold in one hand?

 

[E_just_E]

2, 1, 1/2
cups
flour, butter, water.
Chill all for 30 minutes before working them.

 

[nitrofd]

2, 1, 1/2
cups
flour, butter, water.
Chill all for 30 minutes before working them.

It is called pound cake because larger bakeries use 1,1,1 thus the name pound cake.

 

[E_just_E]

It is called pound cake because larger bakeries use 1,1,1 thus the name pound cake.

1:1:1:1
flour, butter, eggs, sugar

 

[Copperhead-mi]

Traditional Yooper Pasties - The Yooper Girl

For the crust

1. 
   
   
   • 3 cups flour
   • 1 1/4 cups crisco
   • 1/2 cup cold water
   • 1 tsp salt

Instructions

1. 
   
   
   • Mix the flour and salt in a large bowl. Cut in the shortening with a pastry blender until it resembles pea sized crumbs. Add in the water all at once and mix with a spoon or fork until you have a clump of dough. It will be moist. Add in a little bit of flour to make it pliable and soft, if needed.

 

[ikesdad]

Are we talking like "Cornish Pasties" that I had in England - a meat pie you can hold in one hand?

Yep. Several of the older mining towns out west have establishments (either restaurants or bakeries) that sell them. I make them at home about once a month and still need a consistent crust.

 

[NH Civil War Gal]

What do you use for a filling and how do you prepare it?

Can you use butter for the crust instead of Crisco?

 

[Copperhead-mi]

What do you use for a filling and how do you prepare it?

Can you use butter for the crust instead of Crisco?

If you want to make a Yooper pasty, the link I posted on #8 has the instructions for the filling. Uncertain about substituting butter for Crisco.

 

[ikesdad]

What do you use for a filling and how do you prepare it?

Can you use butter for the crust instead of Crisco?

Just cut up beef (not hamburger), potatoes, onions, and black pepper. At the cost of shortening, butter would be cheaper.

 

[Deleted User CS]

Traditional Yooper Pasties - The Yooper Girl

For the crust

1. 
   
   
   • 3 cups flour
   • 1 1/4 cups crisco
   • 1/2 cup cold water
   • 1 tsp salt

Instructions

1. 
   
   
   • Mix the flour and salt in a large bowl. Cut in the shortening with a pastry blender until it resembles pea sized crumbs. Add in the water all at once and mix with a spoon or fork until you have a clump of dough. It will be moist. Add in a little bit of flour to make it pliable and soft, if needed.

You can mix all of the ingredients into a food processor. Pulse all of the ingredients together except the cold water until the mixture looks like a crumbled mixture, then add water a little at a time with the machine running until the mixture forms a ball. Remove the mixture from the food processor. Form into a square and chill the dough overnight. The key to a flaky crust is not to handle the dough too much, that's why I like to use a food processor. By the way, you can replace the Crisco with real lard, which is more healthy for you and makes the crust a little thicker and tastier. David.

 

[Hawkeye Brehm]

What do you use for a filling and how do you prepare it?

Can you use butter for the crust instead of Crisco?

You can always put something savory on one end and something sweet on the other end, like the coal miners' wives used to!

 

[nitrofd]

If you want to make a Yooper pasty, the link I posted on #8 has the instructions for the filling. Uncertain about substituting butter for Crisco.

Yes you can use butter,they use cisco because it does not need refrigeration.

 

[NH Civil War Gal]

Thanks for posting about the lard. I didn't want to eat Crisco and I wasn't sure about the butter, but lard makes for a flakier crust.