Chef John's Cornish Pasty
4.7
Ingredients
- Prep
- 20 min
- Cook
- 60 min
- Total
- 205 min
Instructions
- 1 Cut flour, lard, ¼ cup cold butter, and 1 ½ teaspoons salt together in a bowl with a pastry blender until mixture is the consistency of coarse crumbs. Make a well in the center; pour in ice water. Mix with a fork until begins to come together; use hands to form into a dough ball.
- 2 Turn dough out onto a lightly floured work surface; knead until smooth and forms a firm ball, about 2 minutes. Wrap dough tightly in plastic wrap; refrigerate until chilled, at least 2 hours.
- 3 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with a silicone baking mat.
- 4 Combine steak, potatoes, onion, turnip, 1 ½ teaspoons salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper in a bowl.
- 5 Beat egg and 1 teaspoon water together in a small bowl.
- 6 Divide dough into 4 equal rounds; roll each out to about ⅛-inch thickness and 8-inches in diameter. Brush each dough round with egg wash.
- 7 Place ¼ steak mixture slightly off-center on each dough round; top each with 2 slices butter. Fold dough over filling to form a half moon shape; press edges together to seal. Trim excess dough from edges. Transfer pasties to the prepared baking sheet; crimp edges with the tines of a fork. Poke top center of each pasty once with fork; brush tops with egg wash.
- 8 Bake in the preheated oven until browned and bubbly, about 1 hour. Cool on a wire rack for 5 to 10 minutes.
By John Mitzewich