New Zealand Pasties

Submitted for ZWT '06. I haven't tried these yet, but everyone at our house loves meat pasties.

• Ready In: 24 hrs 15 mins
• Serves: 1

Ingredients

• ROUNDS

• 8  ounces flour
• 2  ounces  Crisco
• 2  ounces butter or 2  ounces margarine
• 1  pinch salt
• 2 -3  tablespoons water

• FILLING

• 4  ounces  finely diced raw potatoes
• 4  ounces ground beef
• 2  ounces  chopped onions
• 2  ounces  finely diced raw carrots
• 1  ounce green peas (optional)

Directions

1. Sift together flour and salt. Cut in Crisco and butter until a sandy texture is reached.
2. Make a hollow in the middle and add water.
3. Mix to make pastry, handling as little and lightly as possible.
4. Wrap in greeseproof paper and refrigerate for 24 hours.
5. Roll out pastry to approx 1/8" thick, and cut into 5" rounds.
6. Moisten the filling with a little water and place a generous spoonful in the middle of each round, making sure it's in a pile and not flattened out.
7. moisten edges with beaten egg, fold in half and flute the edges to seal.
8. Brush pasties with beaten egg and bake 275F for 45 minutes to 1 hour until nicely browned.