Pasties

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== Ingredients ==
* 2 cups all-purpose flour
* 2 cups self-rising flour
* ½ teaspoon salt
* 8 ounces butter or margarine, diced
* ½ cup cold water
=== Filling ===
* 4 medium potatoes, peeled
* 1 medium onion, peeled and diced finely
* 1 beet, peeled
* 1 turnip, peeled
* 2 carrots, peeled
* 1 small piece of pumpkin or squash
* 1 pound premium grade ground meat (beef, pork or chicken
== Directions ==
# Preheat oven to 350 °F.
=== Pastry ===
# Sift both flours together.
# Add salt and cut in diced butter or margarine.
# Blend with fingertips until consistency of fine breadcrumbs.
# Add cold water gradually, mixing in with your hand, until you have a soft dough.
# Knead on a floured board gently, and cut into smaller portions for rolling.
=== Filling ===
# Grate potatoes, beet, turnip, carrots and pumpkin, and mix well together in a very large bowl with the chopped onion.
# Add minced meat, season with salt and pepper, and a pinch of nutmeg-mix well with your hands until all ingredients are well combined.
# Roll out one piece of the pastry to a fairly thin sheet.
# Using a large cutter, or an upturned saucer, make the pastry shapes.
# Peel away the pieces and put aside for use later.
# Place about a tablespoon or so of the filling onto each circle, brush the edges of the pastry with a little milk, and bring one half over onto the other edge.
# Press together either with a fork, or make a fancy edge with your fingers, and place onto a greased oven tray.
# Continue until all the pastry and filling is used up.
# Glaze the top of each pasty with a little beaten egg and water.
# Bake at 350 °F for 30 - 40 minutes.
# Serve either hot or cold, with or without a wonderfully fruity sauce as an accompaniment.
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