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Cornish pasties















Ingredients

For 4
For 100
Refined flour
170gms
4.25kg
Butter or margarine
85gms
2.1kg
Salt
a pinch
30gms
Baking powder
¼ tsp
25gms
Cold water to mix




Sieve flour with baking powder and salt. Rub in the butter or margarine to breadcrumb consistency. Add sufficient water to make a dough that is neither too dry nor wet. Roll out and cut into rounds about 10cm (4”) in diameter. Fill with prepared filling. Fold them over to make half a circle and press the edges firmly and flute them. Brush them over with a little milk. Bake at 220oC (425oF) for about 15 minutes.

Filling:


Ingredients

For 4
For 100
Meat
455gms
11.3kg
Potatoes
225gms
5.65kg
Onions
55gms
1.35kg
Tomato ketchup
15ml
375ml
Stock
30ml
750ml
Fat
15gms
250gms
Salt
to taste
50 – 80gms


Boil or roast meat and dice into even-sized pieces. Boil and dice potatoes. Chop onions. Heat the fat. Saute onions. Add meat and potatoes. Remove from fire. Add ketchup, stock and salt. Mix well and use as required.