The Cornish Pasty
IngredientsPastry
25g butter
50g flour
a pinch of salt
some cold water
The Filling
1 medium potato ( sliced)
25g of beef ( chopped)
1/2 a small onion ( chopped)
salt and pepper to taste.
Method
1) Sieve the flour and salt into a bowl.
2) Rub in the butter with your fingers until it looks like breadcrumbs
3) Sprinkle on some cold water ( 5-8 lots).
4) Bring the mixture together to form a soft dough.
5) Roll out to make a circle.
1) Sieve the flour and salt into a bowl.
2) Rub in the butter with your fingers until it looks like breadcrumbs
3) Sprinkle on some cold water ( 5-8 lots).
4) Bring the mixture together to form a soft dough.
5) Roll out to make a circle.
7) Add the chopped beef adn onion.
8) Add salt and pepper to taste.
9) Fold the circle in half and pinch ( crimp in Cornish) the edges together.
10) Bake in the oven for 40 minutes until it is golden brown.
FINALLY.....Enjoy eating your pasty! We DID!!!!!!
The Traditional English Sandwich
Ingredients:
Pre-sliced soft white sandwich loaf
Soft unsalted butter
Filling
Salt and pepper
Traditional fillings include: cheese and pickle, ham and mustard, egg or cucumber.
Instructions:
- Take two slices of white bread and cut off the crusts.
- Spread the bread with soft unsalted butter.
- Create the filling and put on top of one piece of bread.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Put the other piece of bread on top.
- Cut the sandwich carefully into fingers and arrange on a plate.
- Decorate with watercress on top.
The Fillings:
Cheese and Pickle: Slice cheddar cheese and place on the bread then spread a layer of pickle over the cheese.
Ham and Mustard: Place a slice of ham on the bread and thinly spread mustard on top.
Egg: Hard boil an egg and allow it to cool. Peel and then slice the egg and place on the bread. Season with salt and pepper.
Cucumber: Remove skin and then slice the cucumber thinly. Pat the slices dry to remove excess moisture. Place on bread and season with salt and pepper.
Fairtrade Milk Chocolate Biscuits
Ingredients:
8 pieces of fairtrade milk chocolate
56g self raising flour
25g margarine
25g fairtrade sugar
1/4 of an egg
Equipment:
1 Rolling pin
1 Plastic or wooden spoon
1 Pair of scales
1 Baking tray
Cutters/knife
Adult (advised)
Method:
1.) First break the chocolate into blocks and crush it up in a bowl with a rolling pin or the end of a spoon.
2.) When you have broken up the chocolate add the flour and sugar (remember to set your scales to 0g first). We used fairtrade sugar, but you can just use ordinary caster sugar.
3.) Now add the margarine; using your fingers rub the mixture into bread crumbs.
4.) Stir to combine.
They should be in the oven for 10 minutes.
5.) Then once the mixture is stirred you can add the egg (judge amount by eye). After this you can add more flour accordingly if you put too much egg in.
6.) Mix the mixture to a soft dough that can be easily rolled. If your mixture is too sticky you will need to add more flour and mix again. It doesn't need to be too dry, just enough that you can hold it in your hands without getting any bits stuck on your hands when you take it off.
7.) Next, sprinkle some flour over your surface and shape your dough in to a ball (try not to play around with it to much its like bread, you can over knead it except its more easy to do) then roll it out (using your rolling pin) to a thickness of about 1cm.
8.) After that you can shape your biscuits using cutter/knife.
9.) You are now ready to put them on to the baking tray and cook them.
ENJOY!!! :)