TRADITIONAL YOOPER PASTIES

Traditional Yooper Pasties image

Provided by @MakeItYours

Number Of Ingredients 11

3 cups flour
1 1/4 cups crisco
1/2 cup cold water
1 tsp salt
1 pound beef (round, sirloin, ground chuck, etc)
4 cups of 1/2 inch cubed peeled potatoes
1 cup of 1/4 inch chopped onions
1/2 cup of 1/4 inch chopped rutabagas
1/2 cup of chopped carrots
2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper

Steps:

Mix the flour and salt in a large bowl. Cut in the shortening with a pastry blender until it resembles pea sized crumbs. Add in the water all at once and mix with a spoon or fork until you have a clump of dough. It will be moist. Add in a little bit of flour to make it pliable and soft, if needed. In another large bowl, add in all the chopped veggies. Add in the meat, salt, and pepper, and mix it all together with your hands. Flour a cutting board. Take out a small fist size of dough and roll it out, about 1/4 thick. Try to make it in an oval shape. Take a 1 cup measure of the uncooked meat filling and place it on one side of the dough (see picture). Fold it over with your hands and crimp the edges so they don't come apart. Repeat for the rest of the pasties and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake in a 375F oven for 45-50 minutes. Either eat immediately or let cool, then wrap with tinfoil and place in freezer safe bags and place in the freezer.