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well coccinelle, I used diced 'skirt steak, sliced fine and diced into squares - don't use mince too fine. a chopped onion, and diced potato and swede
layer up on to pastry circle: potato and swede, then onion, then meat on top
(for short crust whatever the amount you're using, double the quantity of flour to lard/marg, pinch salt, use iced water to bind, let it rest ten mins befor rolling.
season well with salt and freshly ground black pepper. seal with beated egg and give outside an egg wash too. cut a small slits either side of the pasty with knife before cooking. Start off in a hot oven, 425 degrees for about 15 mins, take out, put a small piece of butter into slits (one each side) and put back in a cooler oven - 350 degrees (Gas 4, 180) for another 40-45 mins.
Recipe given to my mother by the WI Newquay, Cornwall 1962!