Dad's pasties by Kathryn Burnand - Eden Project communities

Recipe by Kathryn Burnard

This recipe was submitted by Ben Le Bas as part of our Big Lunch Recipe Search. “My Jamaican dad taught me to make these years ago, he died 20 years ago, but this is always a popular addition to our parties and BBQ’s”

Ingredients

Pastry

500g plain flour
125g lard
125g butter
1-3 tbsp water
Pinch of salt
1 tsp curry powder

Filling

500g Minced lamb
125g potatoes, finely diced
1 large onion
1 bulb garlic
1 tsp ginger
Half tsp pimento
Half tsp nutmeg
Half tsp cinnamon
Half tsp clove
Half tsp paprika

Method

Step 1

Make pastry by rubbing dry ingredients with butter and lard, add water, mix to a dough and wrap in film and chill.

Step 2

Meanwhile fry mince, once cooked put to one side.

Step 3

Add all other ingredients in pan and fry in lamb residue.

Step 4

Roll out your pastry, I use a saucer as a template, make as many circles as you can from dough. Fill with lamb mixture, do not over fill. Then, egg wash and bake in the oven, gas mark 6 for 20 minutes.

Step 5

Serve hot or cold at picnics, BBQ’s and parties!

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The Big Lunch Recipe Search!

This recipe is part of the Big Lunch Recipe Search Cookbook! We teamed up with celebrity chefs Briony May Williams, Dame Prue Leith and Ainsley Harriott to run The Big Lunch Recipe Search – to uncover the UK’s favourite shareable recipes that inspire us all to come together for The Big Lunch on 7 – 8 June. See more of the finalists in our new Big Lunch Recipe Search Cookbook, showcasing fantastic dishes from across the UK for you to try your hand at this summer!

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