Best 6 Michigan Pasties Recipes

UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN ORIGINAL PASTIES

Steps:

• Cube all of the above ingredients. The filling including the meat is not cooked. Those of us who are Yoopers (originally from the Upper Penninsula know that the meat is never cooked before baking a Pastie!
• Mix dough like pie crust.
• Divide into 8 balls.
• Roll out like a pie crust.
• Put filling on half of circle. About 1 cup.
• Crimp like pie crust. Will look like a half circle.
• Put on ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake at 425 degrees for 20 minutes and 375 for 40 minutes.
• Put slits in top of crust before baking.
• Let sit about 1/2 hour after baking.
• Enjoy!

MICHIGAN PASTIES

Steps:

• 1. Dough: In large bowl stir shortening and boiling water together until melted. Gradually stir in flour and 2 tsp. salt until a very soft dough forms. cover and chill 1 1/2 hours or overnight.
• 2. Filling: Quarter and thinly slice Potatoes and rutabagas. place in a bowl. set aside. Fry beef with onions salt and pepper to taste. Drain fat add to vegetables.
• 3. Divide dough into 12 balls. roll out into a 10" circle mound 2 c. of meat filling (if you want the dessert part of this old recipe..put 1c.of meat filling on one part of the pasty and next to it 1c. fruit pie filling of your choice). Place a pat of butter ontop of meat mixture, Fold dough over to make a cresent, seal edges with ice water and fork. slit the top for vent.
• 4. Brush the tops with butter and bake in the oven at 350^ for 1 hour or until golden brown. Serve with Ketchup.

CORNISH FINNISH MICHIGAN PASTIES

Steps:

• Whisk together flour and salt in a large bowl. Cut shortening. Make a well in the center of the mixture, and quickly stir in ice cold water. Form dough into a ball. Set aside.
• Dissolve the bouillon cube in the hot water. Combine uncooked vegetables, uncooked meats, salt, pepper, monosodium glutamate (MSG), and bouillon.
• Roll out pastry dough into 6 x 8 inch rectangles. Place about 1 1/2 cups of filling in the center of each rectangle. Bring 6 inch sides together, and seal. Cut a slit in the top of each pasty. Place on dull, not black, baking pans.
• Bake at 425ºF for 45 minutes.

CORNISH FINNISH MICHIGAN PASTIES

Steps:

• Whisk together flour and salt in a large bowl. Cut shortening. Make a well in the center of the mixture, and quickly stir in ice cold water. Form dough into a ball. Set aside.
• Dissolve the bouillon cube in the hot water. Combine uncooked vegetables, uncooked meats, salt, pepper, monosodium glutamate, and bouillon.
• Roll out pastry dough into 6 x 8 inch rectangles. Place about 1 1/2 cups of filling in the center of each rectangle. Bring 6 inch sides together, and seal. Cut a slit in the top of each pasty. Place on dull, not black, baking pans.
• Bake at 425 degrees F (220 degrees C) for 45 minutes.

MICHIGAN PASTIES RECIPE

Steps:

• Serves 4 Use your favorite pie dough or one 15-ounce box Pillsbury Just Unroll! pie crusts. Ingredients2 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 onion, chopped fine 1/2 pound ground pork 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon minced fresh thyme 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice 2 cups leftover meat and vegetables from Joe Booker Stew, plus 1 cup leftover broth Salt and pepper 2 (9-inch) pie dough rounds (see note) Instructions 1. MAKE FILLING Melt butter in large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Cook onion until softened, about 3 minutes. Add pork and cook until no longer pink, about 5 minutes. Stir in flour, thyme, and allspice and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add leftover meat, vegetables, and broth and cook, stirring occasionally, until liquid evaporates, about 10 minutes. Transfer to large bowl and mash with potato masher until mixture is coarsely mashed. Season with salt and pepper. Cool completely. 2. ASSEMBLE PASTIES Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 450 degrees. Line rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper. Cut each dough round in half. Arrange one-quarter of filling on one side of each half, leaving 1-inch border around edges. Brush edges of dough with water, fold over filling, and crimp edges to seal. (At this point, pasties can be refrigerated for up to 12 hours.) Transfer to prepared baking sheet. Cut 3 vent holes in top of each pasty and bake until golden, about 25 minutes. Transfer to wire rack and cool 15 minutes. Serve. Forming Pasties 1. Place the filling over half of the dough crescent, then fold the other side over it. 2. Using your fingers or a fork, crimp the edges of the pasty to seal.

GOOD OLE' MICHIGAN PASTY (PASTIES)

Steps:

• Dough Instructions:.
• Combine flour, salt, baking powder, & pepper.
• Cut in fat until fine like peas.
• Beat egg; add water & vinegar and mix well.
• Sprinkle liquid over flour & stir with a fork until dough forms a ball.
• You don't have to worry about over-handling. Remember they used to eat this in place of a sandwich, so it has to hold up.
• Divide into 6 equal size balls & set aside.
• Filling and Construction:.
• Mix meat, vegtables, salt & pepper together.
• Roll out each ball on a floured board into a 10 inch circle.
• Place 1 cup of filling on each circle with a piece of butter.
• Moisten rim; crease & fold over.
• Seal & flute edges.
• Cut slits in top for steam to escape.
• Brush tops with milk.
• Place on ungreased cookie sheet & bake for one hour @ 350 degrees.