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Steak Pasty
Ingredients:
2 pkgs of frozen pie crusts (or home-made if you're in the mood)
1 lb of small-cubed steak (easier to cube if slightly frozen)
* Steak should not be too lean -- need some fat
1 tbsp butter
1/2 C. chopped onions
3 large potatoes diced
1/4 C. sliced turnip or rutabaga
1/4 C. chopped Carrots
1/2 cup dry white wine or more
Salt and Pepper to taste
1/4 cup of fresh parsley, minced
- Brown Steak in large skillet with butter
- Add onions when steak is about half browned and sautee until golden
- Add potatoes, carrots and turnip and a little more butter if needed
- Sautee a little longer 3-5 min
- Add 1/2 cup of wine and cover.
- Cook down till there is no wine left -- if carrots and potatoes need a little more time to become soft- add more wine and/or butter and reduce again.
- When done -- Season with salt and pepper, then add parsley
- The filling will need to be cooled before going onto the crusts or the dough will turn into a gigantic mess when you try to move it to the pan (*cough*)
- I wait 5 min - then lay a large towel on top of the stuff in the freezer, then move the whole pan to the freezer while I roll out the dough.
- Roll out dough -- if frozen use both balls (the top and the bottom) -- roll each ball into a large circle. The colder the dough is the better
- Use about half of filling on each circle and fold in half - use fork to seal edges, then poke wholes in the top. (save 3 cubes of meat and 2 carrots in pan)
- Move to cookie sheet
- Bake both semi-circles at 350F for 30 min until brown.
- Butter Crust half way through baking
- Make a sauce in the same pan that the meat and the potatoes were in. Add 1/2 cup beef stock some more onion and 3 tbsp wine. Cook down a little bring to a simmer, add corn starch or arrowroot. Thicken till sauce coats the back of a spoon.
- Drizzle sauce over Pasty or serve on the side
My philosophy on Pasty....
First, I do two large pasty and then slice them up on the serving plate. I have tried to do individual ones - but it never seems to be worth it to me.
Second, this recipe is NOT traditional. Its light on the turnip and has a lot of "other" ingredients and uses pre-made pie crust... but its easy and I like it. If you want a more traditional recipe try this gathering of pasty recipes.
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