"My mum made the best pasties on earth, but she's gone so I had to make them today from my memories. Pasties were a food we ate when we were poor, so there wasn't much meat in them compared to veg. Swede turnip is very important in pasties. Mum made her own pastry with dripping, but I don't save dripping!..."
INGREDIENTS
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1 kg shortcrust pastry, 5 sheets
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300 g ground beef
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3 medium potatoes, peeled and cut into tiny (pea sized)
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1 medium carrot, peeled and grated
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1 small swede, peeled and grated
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1 medium onion, very finely diced
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2 tablespoons peas
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2 teaspoons beef stock powder
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2 tablespoons water
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black pepper, lots of black pepper
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1 egg, lightly beaten with
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2 tablespoons milk