Pasty

Crust 1

Ingredients

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

Crust 2

Ingredients

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

Fillings

Ingredients

• 2 lbs potatoes (diced)
• 1.5 lbs carrots (diced)
• 0.5 lbs rutabaga (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

Directions

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

Pasty Directions

Directions

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