Pastry - Tag - vo.rs

Traditional Cornish Pasty

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0000

A proper Cornish pasty needs no reinvention, only respect for its traditions: raw beef skirt, swede, potato and onion sealed inside a sturdy shortcrust and baked slowly until the filling cooks in its own steam. The honest twist here is method rather than flavour, a robust, properly crimped crust strong enough to hold everything together and seal in all the savoury juices. Hearty, portable and deeply satisfying, it is a complete meal in a single golden parcel.

Individual Beef Wellingtons with Mushroom Duxelles

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 09:00:00 +0000

Beef Wellington has a fearsome reputation, but baking it as four individual parcels takes most of the terror out of it: each one cooks evenly, slices cleanly and gives everyone their own crisp golden crust. The heart of the dish is a deeply savoury mushroom duxelles, cooked right down until dark and intense, then wrapped with the beef in salty Parma ham and flaky all-butter puff pastry. It looks like a serious feat of cheffery, yet every fiddly stage can be done well ahead.

Beef Empanadas with Olive and Egg

Mon, 10 Feb 2025 09:00:00 +0000

These hand pies wrap spiced beef mince in a tender, flaky pastry that shatters at the first bite. The savoury-sweet twist comes from the classic Argentinian flourish of chopped green olives and hard-boiled egg folded through the filling, lending brightness and richness in equal measure. Cumin, paprika and a pinch of chilli keep the beef warm and gently spiced. Serve them straight from the oven, or pack them for a picnic.