Finnish Pasties

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 4 1/2 cups flour
• 1 cup shortening
• 1 1/4 cups ice water
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 5 1/2 cups thinly sliced potatoes
• 2 carrots, shredded
• 1 onion, diced
• 1/2 cup diced rutabaga
• 1 1/2 lbs lean ground beef
• 1/2 lb ground lean lamb
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 beef bouillon cube (or 1 tablespoon beef base)
• 1/2 cup hot water

Recipe

• 1 with a wire whisk, mix together flour and salt in a large bowl.
• 2 cut in shortening.
• 3 make a well in the center of the mixture and quickly stir in the ice cold water.
• 4 form dough into a ball; set aside.
• 5 dissolve the bouillon cube or beef base in the hot water.
• 6 combine potatoes, carrots, onion, rutabaga, ground beef,lamb, salt, pepper,and bouillon.
• 7 roll out pastry dough into 6 x 8 inch rectangles.
• 8 place about 1 1/2 cups of filling in the center of each rectangle.
• 9 bring 6 inch sides together, and seal.
• 10 cut a slit in the top of each pasty to vent. place on dull, not black, cokkie sheet.
• 11 bake in 425 degree oven for 45 minutes.