Ingredients
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4 1/2 cups flour
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1 cup shortening
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1 1/4 cups ice water
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1 teaspoon salt
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5 1/2 cups thinly sliced potatoes
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2 carrots, shredded
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1 onion, diced
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1/2 cup diced rutabaga
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1 1/2 lbs lean ground beef
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1/2 lb ground lean pork
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1 tablespoon salt
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1/2 cup hot water
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1 teaspoon ground black pepper
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1 beef bouillon cube (or 1 Tablespoon beef base)
Instructions
- With a wire whisk, mix together flour and salt in a large bowl.
- Cut in shortening.
- Make a well in the center of the mixture and quickly stir in the ice cold water.
- Form dough into a ball; Set aside.
- Dissolve the bouillon cube or beef base in the hot water.
- Combine potatoes, carrots, onion, rutabaga, ground beef,pork, salt, pepper,and bouillon.
- Roll out pastry dough into 6 x 8 inch rectangles.
- Place about 1 1/2 cups of filling in the center of each rectangle.
- Bring 6 inch sides together, and seal.
- Cut a slit in the top of each pasty to vent. Place on dull, not black, cokkie sheet.
- Bake in 425 degree oven for 45 minutes.