Pasty Pastry Recipes

MAKING 1) Into a saucepan, cook the spinach over a low flame till the moisture has all evaporated and keep aside 2) Into the same saucepan, beat in the butter, cheese, dill weed, nutmeg, lemon juice, pepper, garlic, and add salt generously 3) Keep aside to... - 44.6579

To make pastry, sift flour, cornstarch and salt into a large bowl. Using a pastry blender or 2 knives, cut in butter evenly. Lightly mix in enough ice water to make a dough. Press into a ball and wrap in foil or plastic wrap. Refrigerate 30 minutes. To make... - 42.416

In a skillet, heat oil. Saute onions, pepper and garlic 5 minutes. Add veal. Season. While stirring, cook 3 minutes or until meat is brown all over. Fold in kidney beans, tomatoes and tomato paste. Simmer 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Divide veal mixture... - 34.2339

GETTING READY 1. On a floured work surface, roll out the pastry dough into a 9 inch circle and place the circle of a lined baking sheet. 2. Preheat the oven to 425°F/220°C 3. Finely slice the vegetables and the meat. MAKING 4. In a mixing bowl, combine... - 45.1475

GETTING READY 1. If using ready store bought pastry, thaw if before using. 2. Use a meat knife or kitchen scissors to trim excess fat and gristle from the meat. 3. Slice the meat into thin strips and set aside to use for the filling. 4. Peel the potatoes... - 44.1783

To make the pastry, sift the flour and salt into a bowl. Mix in the oatmeal, then rub in the fat until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Bind to a dough with cold water. Divide the dough in half and roll out each half into a round. Use one round to line an... - 37.4815

GETTING READY 1) Preheat the oven to 450F. 2) To make the pastry, roll out the short crust pastry into 1/4-inch thick. Cut out four rounds from the dough, about the size of large tea plates. 3) Slice the steak into little bits. 4) In a medium mixing bowl, add... - 44.0456

GETTING READY 1. Pre-heat oven to Regulo 7 or 425°F. 2. Using a knife, skin the onion and potato. Cut onion very finely. Chop potato in 1/4 inch dice. MAKING 3. Make shortcrust pastry using ur favorite recipe or use readymade pastry. 4. In a bowl, blend... - 40.8626

1. Place the minced beef in a food processor and grind it for about 1 minute to make it even finer. 2. Heat the oil in a saucepan, add the onions and curry leaves and fry for about 2 minutes. Lower the heat and add the ginger, chilli powder, garlic, garam... - 41.219

GETTING READY 1. Preheat oven to 375° F/ 190° C 2. Grease a baking sheet with oil or line with grease proof paper MAKING 3. In a medium saucepan, cover dates with water and place pan on a medium low flame. 4. Once the water comes to a boil, reduce the... - 43.3476

GETTING READY 1. Preheat the oven to 375°F MAKING 2. In a large mixing bowl, sift together the flour and salt. 3. Add the lard and the suet and blend together using a pastry mixer or a fork, until the mixture resembles bread crumbs. 4. Add cold water and... - 46.0051

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Chop beef in blender or food processor. Combine beef with potatoes, rutabaga and onion in bowl. Combine flour and salt in bowl. Cut in shortening and butter until crumbly. Add ice water; mix well. Roll pastry on lightly floured... - 42.4613

1. Mince or chop the onion very finely. 2. Add grated cheese and tomatoes peeled and chopped. 3. Season carefully and add the stock. 4. Roll the pastry into an oblong shape. Put the filling on half, moisten the edges and fold over. 5. Press the edges well... - 33.5022

MAKING 1. Remove the core, seeds and pith from peppers and chop them up finely 2. In a frying pan, add ground beef, chopped peppers, garlic, spices, lemon juice and salt and fry for ten minutes 3. In a small pan, fry onions in oil; add it to the beef mixture;... - 36.2358

Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C). Lightly grease two baking sheets. First make the filling. Mix the meat with the vegetables. Season well with the salt, pepper and a large pinch of thyme. Divide the dough in half and roll each half into a circle about 8... - 39.1475

GETTING READY 1) Take out pastry rounds of 7 inches from the short crust pastry. 2) Finely chop all the ingredients and mix them together. MAKING 3) On each pastry round, put a spoonful of mixture and seal the edges to make a pastry. 4) On a wetted baking... - 38.3151

GETTING READY 1. Dice pork into ½ inch cubes. 2. Finely chop the onion and celery or mince in a food processor. 3. On a floured work surface, roll out the pastry dough into ¼ inch thickness and use round 6 inch pastry cutters or saucers to cut out the... - 38.4273

GETTING STARTED 1. Preheat the oven to 425 °F. MAKING 2. Get rid of the excess fat from beef and slice it paper thin with a sharp knife. 3. Combine the meat with vegetables. 4. Roll out the pastry in ¼ inch width over a lightly floured board and cut it... - 41.7608

GETTING READY 1. On a floured work surface, roll out the pastry dough into ¼ inch thickness and use round 4 inch pastry cutters to cut out the bases. 2. Heat fat in a deep frying pan on a medium high flame or in a deep fat fryer to 340°F/170°C.... - 41.095

GETTING READY 1. Preheat oven hot to 425° F. MAKING 2. Prepare the pastry. Divide into 4 and roll out in round shape to 1/4" thickness. 3. Divide well seasoned meat between 4 rounds of pastry. 4. Sprinkle coarsely grated potato over it to cover. 5. Wet... - 33.5646

Mix the mince with the onion, potato, carrot, plenty of seasonings and the horseradish. To make the pastry, sieve the flour with a pinch of salt into a bowl. Add the fats and rub in until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add sufficient water to mix to... - 40.9959

GETTING READY 1. Preheat oven hot to 425° F. MAKING 2. Roll the pastry into oblong 1/4" thick. Cut into 6 equal portions. 3. Peel the tomatoes, remove seeds and chop the pulp. 4. In a bowl mix tomato, onion, breadcrumbs, cheese, seasoning and beaten egg. 5.... - 41.051

GETTING READY 1 Preheat the oven to 300 degrees Fahrenheit. MAKING 2 In a bowl, mix the ingredients as for pie pastry. 3 Divide into four equal parts. 4 Roll each part into a round. 5 Into each round put cubes of raw round steak (1-inch cubes),... - 36.7601

GETTING READY 1. To make pastry, in a bowl mix butter and lard well to combine and refrigerate until firm. 2. In large mixing bowl place flour, chop butter mixture into small pieces and rub in flour using fingertips until mixture resembles coarse bread... - 46.5842

GETTING READY 1) Pre-heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas mark 6.   MAKING 2) In a large pan, heat water and add the potatoes. Cook for about 8 minutes till they soften. In the final minute of cooking, add the peas. Remove from heat and drain the water. Set them... - 43.7704

Preheat the oven to Gas Mark 6. Sift the flour and salt into a bowl. Rub the lard and margarine into the flour until it resembles breadcrumbs. Bring together using the water (if soft, chill until manageable in fridge.) Divide pastry into 4 equal pieces.... - 42.6509

GETTING READY 1) Rinse livers in cold salted water. 2) Drain well and trim. 3) Divide into twelve portions. 4) Clean and trim bacon rashers. Halve. 5) Stretch bacon rashers with the back of a knife. 6) Preheat oven hot to 425°F, 220°C or Gas No.... - 35.6445

1. Cut six 13 cm (5 in) circles from pastry, using an upturned saucer as a guide and set aside. 2. Place potato, crabmeat, mayonnaise, sour cream, chives, dill, lemon juice and Tabasco sauce in a bowl and mix well to combine. Season to taste with black... - 33.4633

GETTING READY 1) Adjust the oven on to Gas Mark 6/400°F/200°C. 2) Spread out your pastry by rolling and cut it into four discs, using side plates as markers for the shape. 3) Refrigerate the slices as you prepare the stuffing. 4) Discard all the skin and... - 40.8976

1. Bring a pan of water to the boil and lower in 8 of the eggs. Bring back to the boil and simmer for 6 mins. Drain, then cool under cold water. Peel carefully as the yolks will still be quite soft. Meanwhile, mix the sausagemeat and onions together using... - 31.8379

1. To make filling, heat oil in a frying pan over a low heat, add onion, garlic, ginger, cumin, coriander, garam masala, turmeric and chili powder and cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until onion softens slightly. 2. Stir in peas and tomato, bring to... - 37.9176

GETTING READY 1) Pre-heat the oven by setting it to 180C/conventional and 200C/ gas 6 . MAKING 2) Take a frying pa and heat oil in it. 3) Add the carrot and onion and fry until they become soft. 4) Add curry paste to it. 5) Add all the other vegetables... - 46.9679

GETTING READY 1) Preheat oven to temperature to 400 degrees. MAKING 2) Roll out the puff pastry to thickness of about 2 mm. and then cut it into 10 cm. squares. 3) Mix together the fromage frais, egg yolk, cottage cheese, salt and pepper. 4) In the middle of... - 41.3106

MAKING 1. In a bowl, mix together meat, rice, eggs and chutney with sufficient sauce to give a moist consistency. 2. Roll out pastry 1/8 inch thick and cut into 4-inch squares. 3. In each square place a spoonful of filling and moisten edges of pastry with... - 37.0723

GETTING READY 1. Thaw the pastry; dice the bacon 2. Peel and chop onions finely MAKING 3. In a frying pan, fry bacon and onion together still all the fat from the bacon has been rendered 4. Add tomato paste, mushrooms, celery salt, pepper, butter and fry... - 41.3197

GETTING READY 1) Preheat oven to 400°F. -Gas Mark 6. 2) Trim off the fat or gristle from the meat. 3) Use a mincer, to shred or mince the meat. 4) In a bowl, combine the minced meat with the potato, onion, herbs and chopped parsley. 5) Season well with... - 45.0826

GETTING READY 1) Preheat oven to 375°F before baking. MAKING 2) Mix together the pastry ingredients, pouring in more milk if necessary to make dough. 3) Make four parts from the dough. 4) Even out each part thinly and then using a small plate as a guide,... - 41.1711

In a bowl, combine flour, salt, basil and thyme; cut in shortening and butter until crumbly. Add water, 1 tablespoon at a time, tossing lightly with a fork until mixture forms a ball. Cover and chill for at least 30 minutes. Meanwhile, brown beef in a skillet... - 42.0468

GETTING READY 1. Preheat oven to (200°C/400°F or Gas Mark 6). MAKING 2. In a pan, melt the lard and fry the onion and pork until the pork is browned on all sides. 3. Add the flour and stir well. 4. Stir adding the milk, lemon rind and juice, sultanas... - 45.3713

MAKING 1. In a bowl, rub butter or lard into the flour, add apinch of salt and about six tablespoons of cold water; work all this up into a form dough 2. Cut the dough equally into four and chill them for about twenty minutes 3. Heat the oven to 220C/fan... - 45.3801

1. Sift the flour into a bowl with the salt. Add the margarine and rub into the flour until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. 2. Mix to a firm dough using a little water. Divide into four. 3. Heat the oil in a pan, add the sunflower seeds and cook for a... - 39.5326

GETTING READY 1) Preheat the oven to 425°F. 2) Divide the dough into 4 parts. 3) Dust the flour over the working table and roll out the each piece of dough into about 7 inch rounds. MAKING 4) In a bowl, mix well together potatoes, onion, liver, bacon and... - 40.9816

1. In a bowl, mix the flour, egg, vinegar, oil and salt. The dough should be firm. Cover and let rest for 1 hour. 2. Prepare the filling: peel and chop the onion. Fry in butter for 10 minutes over a low heat. Add the minced steak, currants, mint leaves and... - 34.773

GETTING READY 1 Preheat the oven to 400°.F MAKING 2 In a large chilled bowl combine the flour, 2 teaspoons of the salt and the lard. 3 Working quickly, rub the flour and fat together with your fingertips. 4 Pour in 10 tablespoons of ice water, and... - 42.7332

For filling, press cottage cheese through sieve, add sour cream and cream with 2 oz. sugar, grated rind of one lemon and the yolks of three eggs. Fold in the whites of 3 eggs, beaten stiff, to which 2 oz. castor sugar has been added. Sprinkle the retes pastry... - 27.224

GETTING READY 1. Sieve the flour, salt, baking powder together MAKING 2. Shred the suet finely by removing all of the external skin and the connective tissue on the suet 3. Add the suet to the flour 4. Add the water all at once to the flour and use a... - 36.4093

MAKING 1. Mix all the dry ingredients, that is, wholemeal flour, baking powder and salt (if used). 2. First mix vegetable oil and water and then add it to the dry mixture. 3. Prepare the dough by mixing it lightly but thoroughly. 3. Keep the dough in the... - 35.2977

GETTING READY 1) Allow the pasty shell to thaw 2) Preheat the oven to 375 F MAKING 3) Into a bowl, add the lemon juice and toss the cooked shrimp into it 4) Into another bowl, crack the eggs and beat well 5) Add in half the cornstarch, salt, dill weed and... - 46.2435

GETTING READY 1. In a large mixing bowl, combine flour and salt. 2. Rub in the margarine to get a sandy textured mixture. 3. Add a few teaspoons of cold water and bind together using a wooden spoon or spatula. 4. Cover with cling film and place in the... - 45.9507

Place ground beef and seasoning in a frying pan and cook for 5-6 mins, stirring, until the beef is browned all over. Add kidney beans, Tabasco, chilli sauce and tomato puree. Mix well and continue to cook for 3-4 mins. Transfer to a plate and cool for 10... - 41.1544