On 2021-02-15 1:28 p.m., Boron Elgar wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Feb 2021 11:22:40 -0700, Graham > wrote:
>
>> I followed Boron's rcommendation and used the following site to make
>> pasties.
>> https://joepastry.com/2009/top_crimped_pasty_recipe/
>>
>> Since I used pork instead of beef, I'll call them "Suffolk Pasties".
>> I bought the required veggies but the quantity after chopping was so
>> large that I had to make a second batch of pastry and ended up making
>> eight instead of the four in the recipe.
>> I ate one for dinner last night and it was delicious (Dave Smith ©) due
>> in part to the use of leeks instead of onions.
>> I put 3 in the fridge for the next few days meals and put the other 4 in
>> Ziploc containers for freezing. As I was carrying them downstairs to the
>> freezer in the basement, I stumbled and dropped the containers. They
>> broke open, send the pies flying and the stairs were covered with bits
>> of the pasties.
>> So I ended up with the recipes number anyway.
>> No picture. They looked OK but not at all photogenic as it was a bugger
>> to fold and crimp the shortcrust pastry. I think using bought puff
>> pastry would have been better from that point of view. However, the
>> pastry was "melt-in-the-mouth" tender.
>> Next time I will make conventional double crust pies.
>> Graham
>
> Sorry for the stumble- been there, done that, but I am glad you tried
> the recipe.
>
>
It is delicious. However, I question the sizes of the veggies in the
recipe. His leeks must have been the size of salad onions and the
rutabaga the size of a walnut:-)