Beloved Yooper Pasties

Name: Beloved Yooper Pasties
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Cuisine: European, British
Ingredients: * 3 cups flour; * 1 1/4 cups crisco; * 1/2 cup cold water; * 1 tsp salt; 1/2 t black pepper; 1/2 t paprika; * 1 pound beef (round, sirloin, ground chuck, etc); * 2 cups of 1/2 inch cubed peeled potatoes; * 1 cup of 1/4 inch chopped onions; * 1 1/2 cup of 1/4 inch chopped rutabagas; * 1 cup of grated carrots; * 2 tsp salt; 1/2 t black pepper

5 steps

Prep:20minCook:50min

The dough of a pasty is simple – flour, water, salt, and lard (I use shortening:). It’s simple, but nothing beats the buttery, flaky layers when you bite into it. The hand pies are traditionally filled with meat, potatoes, onions, and sometimes rutabagas and carrots, which is what I’m sharing today. Nowadays at pasty places you’ll find plenty of innovative filling ideas like pizza, breakfast, ham and cheese, chicken alfredo, Mexican, veggie, and even vegan pasties. Pasties freeze beautifully so it’s great to make a big batch then take them out as you need them.. One recipe makes 6 pasties. To reheat them, you can throw them in a 350F oven for 45 minutes to an hour, or until they’re nice and warm all the way through!

Updated at: Fri, 26 Jan 2024 23:20:39 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

High

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories845.3 kcal (42%)

Total Fat53.1 g (76%)

Carbs65 g (25%)

Sugars4.2 g (5%)

Protein23.5 g (47%)

Sodium1225.2 mg (61%)

Fiber4.5 g (16%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

6 servings

For the crust:

3 cupsflour

1 ¼ cupscrisco

½ cupwater

cold

1 tspsalt

½ tblack pepper

½ tpaprika

For the filling:

1 poundbeef

round, sirloin, ground chuck, etc

2 cupspotatoes

1/2 inch cubed, peeled

1 cuponions

1 cupcarrots

2 tspsalt

Instructions

Step 1

1. Mix the flour and salt in a large bowl. Add pepper. 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.

Step 2

2. In another large bowl, add in all the chopped veggies. Add in the meat, salt, and pepper, and mix it all together with your hands.

Step 3

3. Flour a cutting board. Take out a small fist size of dough and roll it out, about 1/4 thick. Try to make it in an oval shape.

Step 4

4. Take a 1 cup measure of the uncooked meat filling and place it on one side of the dough (see picture). Fold it over with your hands and crimp the edges so they don't come apart.

Step 5

5. Repeat for the rest of the pasties and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake in a 375F oven for 45-50 minutes. Either eat immediately or let cool, then wrap with tinfoil and place in freezer safe bags and place in the freezer.