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Cornish Pasty
 
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Prep Time: 30 Minutes
Cook Time: 1 Minutes
Ready In: 31 Minutes
Servings: 6
Recipe handed down from my great grandmother. Individual pasties were often made for lunches for the men in the fields or on the seas.
Ingredients:
1 lb ground chuck
1 medium onion, diced
3 large baking potatoes, sliced thinly
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
8 tablespoons shortening
5 tablespoons water
Directions:
1. Make pie crust: Mix flour by hand with 1/2 of shortening till crumbly.
2. Add remaining shortening and continue to mix.
3. Salt may be added to flour if desired.
4. Add water- mix with fork until forms into a ball.
5. Roll out into top and bottom crust.
6. Or may use purchased crust.
7. Preheat oven to 350.
8. Put uncooked pie crust into bottom of 9 pie plate.
9. Cover with a layer of sliced potatoes.
10. Sprinkle with 1/3 of the onions.
11. Crumble 1/2 ground chuck and spread over potatoes.
12. Continue layering ending with potatoes and onions.
13. Cover with top crust.
14. Put a few holes in it for steam to escape.
15. Bake approximately 1 1/2 hours until potatoes are soft.
16. Let sit 10 minutes before slicing.
17. Serve in slices as a pie with Chili Sauce on the side.
By RecipeOfHealth.com