Chicken pasties
A shortcrust pastry pocket filled with meat and vegetables to eat on the go or for dinner.
Prep Time 50 minutes mins
Cook Time 50 minutes mins
Course Dinner, Party
Cuisine British
Servings 4
Calories 298 kcal
Rolling Pin
Sieve
Chef Knife
Chopping Board
Large mixing bowl
Baking Tray
Oven
Pastry brush
Small whisk or fork
Baking paper
Pastry
- 200 g Plain flour
- 100 g Butter Cold,Chopped
- 8 tsp Water
- ½ tsp Salt
Filling
- 175 g chicken breasts
- 50 g chicken liver
- 100 g Potato
- 1 Onion
- 1 tbsp Chicken stock or you could use gravy
- ½ White carrot
- Pepper and salt to taste
- 1 tsp dried sage
- 1 egg beaten
Pastry
SIft the flour into your bowl.
Add the cold butter pieces and rub into the flour.Scoop, Lift, Rub, Drop Add the water slowly.
Bring the dough togther and make a ball.
Cover and rest in the refrigerator for 30 mins. In the meantime complete your filling.
Filling
Peel and dice the potato and turnip.
Slice the chicken into strips.
Slice the onion thinly.
Dice the chicken liver.
Put the filling in a bowl and add the chicken stock, herbs and season well.
Cover and set the filling aside in the fridge.
Shaping & Filling
Divide your dough into 4 equal parts by using the scales to weigh the dough ball, then divide your measurement by 4.
Sprinkle flour on your bench and take 1 piece of dough and roll it into a circle about 5' or 12 cm across. Keep the other pieces covered to stop the douhg from drying out. Take your filling from the fridge and divide into 4.
Spoon ¼ of the filling into the centre of your first pastry circle.
Spread water around the edge of the pastry circle to help it stick.
Fold the pastry over to form a moon shape.
Gently press the edge together to seal the pastry with your fingers.
Flute the edge of the pasties with your forefingers and thumbs. (see the video)
Repeat this method until you have made all 4 pasties.
Place the pasties onto the baking paper
Brush the pasties with the beaten egg
Baking
Bake the pasties for 20 mins in the centre of the oven at 200°c
Lower the oven temperature to 160°c
Continue baking for 30 mins more.
Take out of the oven and enjoy.
Be careful when eating them as the filling is piping hot.
Fancy making this recipe Fancy?
Add Sriracha sauce to make it a hot and spicy pastie.
Try using a béchamel sauce inside.
Why not swap out the meat and veggies for cheese and onion filling instead.
Calories: 298kcalCarbohydrates: 48gProtein: 18gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 74mgSodium: 396mgPotassium: 452mgFiber: 3gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 1439IUVitamin C: 13mgCalcium: 50mgIron: 4mg
Keyword baking, meaty, savoury, umami