This recipe of savory pastry dough for English meat pie helps you put together a meal at a fraction of a cost of buying readymade ingredients from supermarkets, with the taste of traditional home cooked food. Making pastry at home is so easy, and if you have it ready in your freezer, you can knock up a meat pie in no time at all. All you need is flour, butter, salt and your fingers to make this delicious buttery, slight flakey and slightly crumbly pastry.