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Cornish Pasty
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"Meat and potato in pastry"
45 - 50mins
- 1lb short crust pastry
- 12ozs raw mutton or steak (Cornish would normally use skirting)
- 6ozs potatoes
- 1small onion
- (some turnip if wanted)
- 3tblsp cold water
Make pastry, roll out to about a quarter of an inch thick. Cut into rounds, using a saucer or small plate. Cut up meat into small pieces, rejecting gristle/fat. Dice raw potatoes(&turnip if using),and finely chop onion. Mix meat, potato, onion (turnip) together, add salt/pepper and about 3tblsp cold water. Place some of this filling on one half of each circle of pastry, damp edges and fold over to cover mixture. Press edges together and crimp it with fingers(we turn edges over as we go). Make 2/3 ventilation slits in lid, brush with beaten egg or milk. Place on baking tray. Cook in hot oven (450degrees F)until pale brown, then reduce to 350-375F for about 40mins
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We'll have to send them a recipe for grits!!! LOL |
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lol....true!! grits are enormously popular in certain areas of the country! :) |
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Ok, what are 'grits', sounds familiar as watch lots of American films, etc. I will have to put in the marinated pilchards and star gazey pie recipes too. Then there's the saffron cake. |
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hmmm....how to describe grits. It orignially comes from American Indians and is predominately a Southern food usually (but not always) eaten at breakfast. It's made from coarsely ground corn boiled in water with either salt or sugar used as seasoning cooked to a porridge consistency.
You can add whatever you want according to taste.... |
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Think I will stick to porridge. At moment back on my Slim Fast drinks to keep pounds off and lose a few. Could have that egg, but not the bacon. |
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don't knock grits til you try it.... :) they're not bad. I've never done the diet thing....but wish you luck!! |
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Grits are a food of Native American origin common in the Southern United States and mainly eaten at breakfast . They consist of coarsely ground corn , or sometimes hominy , in which case they are referred to as hominy grits . |
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Looks a lot like vomit to me. Never a great fan of pre-digested food, even as a baby. I do like porridge though. |
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POPULAR!! This is the Cornish Pasty we are talking about. :) It even has a status now and no-one can call it a Cornish Pasty if made outside of Cornwall. The miners and farmers used to have pasties made for them to take for lunch. Some were made with savoury filling up one end and sweet at the other. My mother-in-law was Cornish and she could never make a small pasty. They used to be massive. Nearly every tourist has a pasty and we have loads of shops, bakers, making them. Some put all sorts of fillings in them nowadays, but a proper Cornish Pasty is with the ingredients I have given. |
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I'll back up what hillmate says about the pastie. It is very very popular throughout the UK. It's quick and easy to make and eat. Particularly eat. Thanks for bringing this to the notice of the uninitiated hilmate. |
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Well someone has to do it. You can't beat a home-made pasty and even better if it is someone older who has been making them all their lives. Like my mother-in-law, who passed away years back. I can't make a very good one, and being veggie, I just leave the meat out and have potato, onion and turnip. |
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Does it only get served with that other status item Cornish hen? (Okay I thought I was being clever!!!LOL) |
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What is a Cornish hen? Apart from the obvious? |
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I don't know and I didn't like to ask! I found a site called Cafepress which has Cornish t-shirts and others, and they have some with Cornish Rex on it. And a picture of a dog. I just couldn't figure it out, but I think it's a play on 'Cornish Wrecks' duh! |
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In the USA, a Cornish game hen , also sometimes called a Cornish hen, poussin , Rock Cornish hen , or simply Rock Cornish , is a hybrid chicken sold whole. Despite the name, it is not a game bird, but actually a type of domestic chicken Got that? |
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See my response to fangio--they are very small--I know when I eat them I need to have 2-3!! |
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Ah! all is now clear glasshopper. Poussin - French for chicken. I think what you are describing would probably be known as a thingy in England. (Sorry - the correct name has just gone from my mind - well, it is 2.26am here.) |
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Mind? When did you get one of those??? |
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Nurse! I'm hearing the voices again! |
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Now you can hear, read, see, say you have a mind--next you'll be telling us Lucy is annoying you! |
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NURSE!!!!!! |
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Sorry--they gave up on you!!! |
this sounds really good!! and something even I could make! :)
is this a popular food there?