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Proper Pasty Recipe

Proper Pasty RecipeOK it's not really a Cornish Pasty as Sue cooked it in York. But it's well worth the effort. Even if you're going to call it a Goole or Wetwang Pasty!
 
Ingredients for the filling:-
 
500g Beef, diced
Swede, Carrots and Parsnips, diced
2 Onions, diced
1 Baking Potato, diced 
1 tbls of fresh Thyme
Salt and ground Black Pepper
Paprika
 
Egg Wash:-
 
1 large beaten egg with 1 tbls of water
 
For the pastry:-
 
500g of bread Flour (Gluten free if required)
120g of Lard
1 tsp od Salt
25g of Margarine
175ml water
1 large Egg
 
Method:-
 
(1) In a large bowl add the flour and salt.
(2) Cut the Lard and Margarine into cubes and rub into the Flour aiming for a breadcrumb texture.
(3) Add the egg and stir in.
(4) Slowly add the water and knead.
(5) Turn out onto a floured surface and continue to knead.
(6) Roll out the pastry.
(7) Form into circles.
(8) Add the filling cold.
(9) Egg wash around the edges.
(10) Form your Pasties.
(11) Cook in the oven for 45 minutes at 180c or until the pastry is golden brown.
 
Few meals have roots as deep as the Cornish pasty. A hand-held meat-and-vegetable pie developed as a lunch for workers in the ancient English tin mines of Cornwall. With its characteristic semicircular shape and an insulating crust that does double duty as a handle. The humble pasty today receives special designation along with Champagne and Parma ham as a protected regional food by the European Union. 
 
The Cornish pasty descends from a broader family of medieval English meat pies. The earliest literary reference to pasties is likely from Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales.” Legal records from 13th-century Norwich describe pastry-makers accused of reheating three-day-old pasties for sale as fresh. In London, a 1350 regulation barred cooks “On pain of imprisonment” from charging more than a penny for putting a rabbit in a pasty. These pasties were little more than cuts of meat wrapped in pastry dough. By then the Cornish pasty made from diced beef, potatoes, swedes and onions had already taken its place in Cornwall’s regional cuisine.
 
The Cornish pasty was a food for families, fishermen and farmers. But it shone in the darkness of Cornwall’s mines. Tin had been gathered in Cornwall since prehistoric times. Mining continued throughout the Roman and medieval eras and into the early modern period. For Cornish men heading underground, the pasty was a  highly efficient food: self-contained, self-insulated and packed with calories. The thick semicircular edge of the crust could be monogrammed with carved-dough initials or toothpick codes to make sure each man took the right pasty as he headed to the mines. The crust had an additional virtue: miners’ hands were often covered with arsenic-laden dust, so the crust could function as a disposable handle.

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Sticky Belly Pork Slices

Not actually a discount fridge gig for a change. But Belly Pork is cheap as chips and this recipe was packed with flavour.

Ingredients:-

4 Slices of Belly Pork
4 Tsp of Tomato Ketchup
1 Tbsp Fish Sauce
1 Tbsp Brown Sugar
1 Tbsp Cider Vinegar
1 Tsp English Mustard powder
1 Cloce of Garlic, minced
Salt and Pepper

Method:-

(1) Mix all the ingredients and coat the Belly Pork strips.
(2) Cover with foil in an oven proof trap and place in the fridge for an hour.
(3) Pop in the preheated oven at 160c for an hour or so.
(4) Remove the foil and place under the grill for a couple of minutes on each side.

We served ours with crispy Kale, Mustard mash and Corn on the cob.

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Discount Fridge “Pub Classic”

We were probably very close to breaking budget with this one, but Camembert, Chorizo etc. and Pork Fillet just had too much potential to leave behind…..

Breaded  Camembert

Ingredients:-

Cornish  Camembert, cut into six triangles
Flour (Gluten free here), seasoned with added Five Spice
Breadcrumbs (Gluten free here)
2 Eggs, beaten for the Egg wash

Method:-

(1) Dredge each triangle of Cheese in Flour.
(2) Dunk in the Egg wash.
(3) Dredge in the Breadcrumbs.
(4) Deep fry in small groups until golden brown. Make sure to take them out of the Oil before the melted Cheese escapes!

Pork Fillet with Hot & Spicy Cured Meats & Cheese.

Ingredients:-

2/3 of a pack of  Hot & Spicy Cured Meats & Cheese. This was Chorizo, Peperami and Chilli Cheese
Small end of Pork Fillet, halved lengthways and beaten out
1 Red Onion, sliced
2 mushrooms, sliced
Soy Sauce
Salt & Pepper

Method:-

(1) Marinade the Pork escalopes in Soy Sauce, Salt & Pepper.
(2) Shallow fry for a couple of minutes on both sides.
(3) Lay the Cured Heat and Cheese over the escalopes and place under the grill for a couple of minutes.
(4) Gently fry the Onion and Mushrooms.
(5) Lay the  escalopes over the Onion and Mushrooms.
(6) Dress with the greens of a couple of Spring Onions.

We enjoyed ours with a home made sweet Chilli dipping sauce and hand cut Chips.

 

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Chicken and Bacon Salad with Gherkins

We roasted a whole Chicken on Saturday. We  never manage to eat a whole Chicken in one sitting between the two of us, so we had the best part of half of the meat in the fridge. It really was too warm last night for another cooked meal so we opted for a quick Chicken and Bacon salad which only needed the Bacon grilling and a Potato boiling.

Ingredients:-

Cooked Chicken, stripped and cubed
4 Rashers of Bacon, grilled and cut into strips
2 Spring Onion, sliced
2 Gherkins, finely chopped
Black Pepper
Mayonnaise
1 Large Potato. Boiled, cooled and cubed
A squeeze of Lime juice

Method:-

(1) Reserve the green tops from the Spring Onions and a little of the chopped Bacon.
(2) Mix everything else in a large bowl.
(3) Serve over a fresh green salad.
(4) Dress with the remaining Spring Onion and Bacon.

We still had a little left over, but that was doomed to become my breakfast!

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Lemon, Rosemary and Garlic Chicken

How to brighten up a plain roast Chicken? Stab it to death. Oh sorry that’s not supposed to sound quite so brutal. It’s to make places to insert Garlic and Rosemary!

Ingredients:-

A medium Chicken
2 Cloves of Garlic, sliced
2 Sprigs of fresh Rosemary
5 Spice
Salt 7 Pepper
A Lemon cut in half
Oil

Method:-

(1) With a sharp knife stab holes in the breast and thighs.
(2) Insert Slices of Garlic and the softer end sprigs of Rosemary into the holes.
(3) Place the Lemon in the cavity.
(4) Dust with 5 Spice, Salt and Pepper and rub with Oil.
(5) Roast covered at 180c until the juices run clear.

We had a bit of a traditional roast dinner yesterday. The remain Chicken, because it was quite some size, is going in a Chicken and Bacon Salad tonight.

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The Pork mince was in the reductions at 93p. So we based this recipe around it – As we often do.

Ingredients for the Pork Bowl:-

500g Mince Pork
1 Onion, finely diced
2 cloves of Garlic, minced
2 Red Chillies, Chopped
2 tsp Dried Ginger
5 tsp Brown Sugar
Half a Lime squeezed
2 tsp Fish Sauce
Oil to fry

Method:-

(1) Fry the Onions over a low heat until softened.
(2) Add the Garlic and Ginger.
(3) Add the Pork and turn up the heat.
(4) Add the other ingredients and stir until the Pork has browned a little.

Although there ear lots of ingredients here we are still in budget as there’s enough left over to make a stir-fry for this evening. (£2 per person)

Ingredients for the Coleslaw:-

¼ Whit Cabbage – ¼ Red Cabbage
1 Carrot, finely slices
1 Clove of Garlic, minced
1 Red Chilli, finely slices
White Wine Vinegar
Half a Lime squeezed
Fish Sauce
Soy Sauce
Fresh Coriander leaves
Fresh Mint leaves
A pinch of Sugar
A Handful of Beans Sprouts
Shallots, finely slices
Oil

Method:-

(1) Deep fry the Shallots until crispy. Drain and set aside.
(2) Add everything to a large bowl and stir well.
(3) Sprinkle the Shallots over.
(4) Serve.

We had this concoction over Rice Noodles and to be honest the combination of flavours puts our native cuisine to shame.

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