Cornish Beef and Vegetable Turnovers
- 2 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 stick (1/2 cup) cold unsalted butter, cut into bits
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1/3 to 1/2 cup ice water
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten, for brushing pastry
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 12 oz small mushrooms, thinly sliced
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 1 large russet (baking) potato
- 1 1/2 lb skirt steak, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- 2 carrots, coarsely chopped
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- Blend together flour, salt, and butter in a bowl with your fingertips or a pastry blender (or pulse in a food processor) until mixture resembles coarse meal with some roughly pea-size lumps.
- Beat together yolk and 1/3 cup ice water, then drizzle over flour mixture and gently stir with a fork (or pulse in processor) until incorporated.
- Gently squeeze a small handful of dough: If it doesn't hold together, add more ice water, 1/2 tablespoon at a time, stirring (or pulsing) after each addition until just incorporated, continuing to test.
- (If you overwork dough or add too much water, pastry will be tough.)
- Turn dough out onto a lightly floured work surface and divide into 6 portions.
- With floured heel of your hand, smear each portion once in a forward motion to help distribute fat.
- Form each portion into a disk, rotating on work surface.
- Wrap disks separately in wax paper or plastic wrap and chill until firm, at least 1 hour and up to 8.
- Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large heavy skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then saute mushrooms, stirring, until browned and dry, about 6 minutes.
- Transfer to a large bowl.
- Add remaining 2 tablespoons oil to skillet and cook onion and garlic over moderate heat, stirring, until softened, about 5 minutes.
- Add onion to mushrooms.
- Peel potato and cut into 1/2-inch cubes, then add to mushroom mixture with steak, carrots, parsley, salt, and pepper, tossing well.
- Cool completely.
- Roll out 1 piece of dough on lightly floured surface into a 9-inch round (keep remaining pieces covered).
- Mound 1 cup filling on round, slightly off center.
- Brush a 1/2-inch border on dough with water and fold dough over to form a half-moon.
- Trim edge with a fluted pastry wheel or a knife, then crimp to seal.
- Cut 3 small steam vents in top crust with a sharp knife and put pasty on 1 of 2 buttered large baking sheets.
- Make more pasties with remaining dough and filling, then chill 30 minutes, loosely covered.
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Brush pasties with egg and bake in upper and lower thirds of oven, switching position and rotating sheets halfway through baking, until golden, about 40 minutes total.
- Cool slightly before serving.
flour, salt, butter, egg yolk, water, egg, vegetable oil, mushrooms, onion, garlic, russet, skirt steak, carrots, flatleaf, kosher salt, black pepper
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/cornish-beef-and-vegetable-turnovers-105405 (may not work)