Name: How Traditional Cornish Pasties Are Made | Regional Eats
Uploaded: 2022-04-29T23:44:01.000Z
Duration: 8 min 11 s
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We're in St Agnes, Cornwall, and as you can see,

I've already got my Cornish pasty right here.

and, actually, being so portable is the reason

why pasties are so beloved here in Cornwall.

down the mine with them to have for lunch.

The times have changed, the mines have closed,

This type of pastry is neither puff nor short crust.

Made with flour, lard, butter, salt, and water,

rough crust is kind of the best of both worlds.

This pastry has a slight flakiness to it,

which makes it more flexible than short crust.

there aren't as many delicate layers as in a puff pastry.

This is because fresh dough is folded over

Nigel: Yes, for the pasty rounds themselves.

We don't want to go to a full puff pastry,

because it wouldn't hold the contents very well.

But just to make the pastry a bit lighter

Claudia: Is that a custom tool that you have?

because without this, we can't make pasties.

It looks like a tool you would use in an Olympic sport.

Claudia: 'Cause you have to give this away.

is ready to meet with its other half, the filling.

We use a very scientific measuring device

Claudia: All of the fillings are humble ingredients

with the humble origins of the Cornish pasty itself.

Potatoes are waxy and keep their shape when baked;

swede, or turnip in Cornish, adds sweetness —

to create a nice gravy, as they say around here.

they use a cut of beef called rump skirt.

There's only a few kilograms per carcass.

It's about twice the cost of the ordinary skirt,

but what you get is a much more luxurious product.

of the building alive for using the M word.

Claudia: All right. Bye, I'm leaving now.

You may have noticed that ingredients are all added raw.

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