Pasty

Crust 1

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

Crust 2

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

Fillings

• 2 lbs potatoes (diced)
• 1.5 lbs carrots (diced)
• 0.5 lbs rutabega (diced)
• 1 onion
• 1-2 lbs ground beef (use 50/50 mix of ground beef and ground pork for authentic)
• butter pads (unsalted)
• salt
• pepper

Crust Directions

• Combine flour and salt
• Cut in shortening - should look like coarse cornmeal
• add water-
• gather into ball
• divide into 6 equal parts
• chill for 1 hour

Pasty Directions

• Roll crust out
• Add potato/rutabega/onion/meat/salt/pepper/butter as filling on top of 1/2 rolled dough
• fold over
• pinch edges to seal (should look like a folded in half circle)
• bake @ 350 for ~45 mins checking for completion at 30 mins