Welsh Cold Pork Pie

by olga

Servings: 6 servings

INGREDIENTS

1 1/2 pounds lean pork, coarsely ground (Best to grind your own)
1 yellow onion, peeled and chopped
2 eggs, beaten
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/4 teaspoon ground sage
2 Tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
1/2 recipe Basic Easy Crust

BASIC EASY CRUST:

3 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1/2 cup shortening
1 egg
1 Tablespoon distilled white vinegar
3 to 4 tablespoons ice water

INSTRUCTIONS

FOR THE FILLING: Mix all of the ingredients together, except the crust, and place in a 8 inch deep dish pie plate. Bake covered, in a preheated oven at 375 F. for 1/2 hour. Remove from the oven and pour off the accumulated fat. Cover with the crust and return to the oven for 45 minutes, or until the top crust is golden brown and flaky.

Allow to cool completely before serving.

This is great for a first course, a midnight snack, or a luncheon dish. Makes 6 servings.

FOR THE BASIC EASY CRUST: In a medium size bowl stir the flour and salt together. Cut in the shortenings using a pastry blender. Keep working the flour and shortening until the mixture is rather grainy, like coarse cornmeal. Mix the egg and vinegar together and, using a wooden fork, stir the mixture into the flour. Add enough ice water so that the dough barely holds together. Place on a marble pastry board or a plastic countertop and knead for just a few turns, enough so that the dough holds together and becomes rollable.

I roll out my dough on a piece of waxed paper. It is easy to handle that way. I sprinkle the table with water and then put a piece of waxed paper on top, this way the paper does not move around as I am rolling. If you have a marble rolling it will be even easier. If you a wooden rolling pin, be sure to dust a teaspoon of flour on it a couple of times when you are rolling out the dough.

NOTE: This recipe will make enough dough for one 9-inch pie with two crust, top and bottom or two single pie crust.

CHEF COMMENTS

In Wales a cold pork pie always seems to be sitting about and waiting for you. The local bakeries in Wales all sell them. This does not have a bottom crust. First you bake the ingredients drain the fat and then put on the crust and bake till done.

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