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What You Need:            (To Make: 4 pasties)
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  • 1 pound beefsteak, loin or flank, cubed
  • 1-2 onions, finely chopped
  • 2 potatoes, diced
  • Salt and freshly ground pepper
  • 2 tablespoons butter

    PASTRY
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup shortening
  • ½ cup cold water, approximately

    • How To Cook:
    1. Combine beet onions and potatoes in a large bowl. Add salt and pepper.

    2. Prepare pastry by sifting flour, baking powder and salt together.

    3. Cut in shortening with two knives or a pastry blender until mixture is the consistency of coarse cornmeal.

    4. Sprinkle on cold water, 1 tablespoon at a time, tossing lightly and stirring with a fork.

    5. Add water until dough is just moist enough to hold together. It should not be sticky.

    6. Shape dough into 4 smooth balls and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

    7. Roll out each dough ball on a lightly floured board to about 1/8 inch thickness.

    TO ASSEMBLE:
    1. Place one-quarter of meat and potato mixture over half of each pastry round.

    2. Add a few slivers of butter.

    3. Dampen edges of dough, pull over and up, and gathering and crimping edges to seal.

    4. Make a vent in the top of each pasty.

    5. Bake on a cooking sheet at 375°F degrees about 1 hour or until pastry is golden.
    		 
    		 
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