Reviewed: Oct. 9, 2011

I think there's something wrong with the pastry recipe. I did try it, and I had to add a lot of flour and almost no water. It rolled out OK, but the finished product was pretty weird. The filling I changed around some, and it was good. The rating I gave is an average for the whole thing.

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Rena

Reviewed: Jan. 18, 2011

This may be called a Cornish Pastie but traditional Cornish Pasties are filled only with onions,potatoes and chuck. These days all sorts of additional nonsense is added which distracts from the original taste.

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Steve Nel

Reviewed: Dec. 13, 2009

I tried and tried, but I just could not get this crust to come together. I ended up having my husband stop at the store on his way home from work for some large size biscuits, rolled them out and filled them with the filling mixture, and topped with a bit of shredded cheddar and butter. Folded them back over, slid into the oven and about 20 minutes later, we had meat pies. Not the original recipe, I know, but I wanted others to know I had trouble with the dough. Filling (minus carrots) was excellent, especially with a bit of garlic powder stirred in. Will make again, but with a different crust recipe.

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tracy1878

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Sep. 12, 2009

PASTIES ARE "PEASANT FOOD" THIS RECIPE IS EXACTLY PASTIES - BEST W/ BEER!

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Steve Fairhurst

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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Devon, Pennsylvania, USA

Reviewed: May 23, 2009

I didn't use rutabegas and pork but added white wine, dill, marjoram and sage to the meat mixture. I also made a mushroom gravy to pour over them and everyone loved it!

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oceline

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Fremont, California, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 28, 2009

Very good! I did not use the rutabegas because I did not think the kiddos would eat them. But the filling was great and the crust was tender and flaky!!

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Jessica

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: San Antonio, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 5, 2008

These were very easy and very good. I used potatoes and carrots and added some minced garlic to the meat while it was cooking. We liked eating ours with a jar of gravy. Ketchup was good too. They were just too dry on their own, otherwise.

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yippee5

Reviewed: Nov. 17, 2008

I had the oppertunity to visit Michigan's UP this past summer and found this delightful treat too good to resist! We had been purchising premade pasties from the grocery store and they stopped carrying them! So, what does a good cook do? Make and freeze a dozen of these! Delicious! Just as good as the UP's delight and we could add the items that we like and omit the ones that we don't! Like an English Calzone!

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