Finnish Food Girl

Ingredients

Directions

For Dough:
1. Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a large mixing bowl.
2. Begin to cut in shortening or butter with the flour using a fork until you achieve a crumbly appearance. You can also use a food processer to achieve this crumbly dough.
3. Add cold water a little at a time and knead the dough with your hands until it pulls together into a small ball.
4. Wrap ball in plastic wrap and chill in refrigerator for 1 hour. Chilling will make the dough easier to roll out into pasties.
For Pasty Filling:
5. Dice carrots, onion, and potatoes and put in a large mixing bowl.
6. Break up turkey or beef into chunks.
7. Add salt, pepper, paprika, and savory seasoning and stir together with a spoon or use your hands.
8. To make each pasty, you will roll out the dough into around 10’’X 6’’ pieces. Make sure the dough isn’t too thick and use flour to prevent sticking to the counter.
9. Spoon Pasty filling onto one side of the dough leaving around 1 inch free on the edge- then fold the other side over the top and use your thumbs to make the side of the pasty stick together.
10. Cut off excess dough from the side and use a knife to cut three slots in the top of each pasty. (these are optional, and if freezing your pasties after baking, you may consider not doing this to help the pasties keep better in the freezer)
11. Place on ungreased baking sheet and paint on the butter and egg mixture to the top of the pasty.
12. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.
13. Serve topped with gravy and ketchup!
For Gravy:
14. Melt butter in a sautee pan and slowly stir in flour.
15. Add milk, salt, and pepper a little at a time, until the gravy reduces down and thickens.
16. Stir to prevent burning and sticking to the pan.

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