Copper Country Pasty

Name: Copper Country Pasty
Total time: 2700 s
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: Water; 3/4 cup Shortening; 1 tsp Salt; 2 cup Flour; 4 small potatoes; 1/4 Rutabaga; 4 small onions; 3 Carrot; Salt and pepper; 1 1/2 lb Ground chuck (ask for it from the meat counter at your grocery store); 1/2 lb Ground pork

The Squid @cook_2997505

Grandmas instructions for Pasties, or meat pie. This is a Finnish Copper miner's version from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan -with ground chuck and pork. The Minnesota Iron Range miners use roast beef with gravy.

Not good with crust? You can purchase ready-made pie crust from the store and use them to make 4 bigger pasties.

The Squid @cook_2997505

Not good with crust? You can purchase ready-made pie crust from the store and use them to make 4 bigger pasties.

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Ingredients

45 mins

6 servings

Crust
Water
3/4 cupShortening
1 tspSalt
2 cupFlour
Filling
4 smallpotatoes
1/4Rutabaga
4 smallonions
3Carrot
Salt and pepper
1 1/2 lbGround chuck (ask for it from the meat counter at your grocery store)
1/2 lbGround pork

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Steps

45 mins

1

Pre-heat oven to 400°F
2

Dice vegetables into small pieces (1/4 inch).
3

Mix together vegetables and the meat. Season as needed (depending on taste and dietary restrictions)
4

Mix crust -dry ingredients
5

Add water to crust ingredients until it holds a ball in your hand
6

Add flour to a counter area and roll out a pie crust approximately 6" in diameter
7

Add filling ingredients to the pie and fold over to create a meat-pie. Fold over the edges to seal the pie for cooking
8

Place pie on a cookie sheet and poke holes in the top
9

Repeat steps 6, 7, and 8 until all ingredients are used to create approximately 6 pies
10

Cook the pasties for 45 minutes at 400°F.