Beef Pasties
A weeknight-friendly beef built around cooked roast beef, cooked potatoes and beef broth — roughly 70 minutes start to finish, and rated medium to make. You'll find the full ingredient list (with a scaler to change the servings), 7 steps of method, substitutions, and ideas for what to serve alongside.
You'll mainly reach for oven and large pot. At medium difficulty across 7 steps, it's manageable with a little attention.
What you'll need
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Pantry staples (you likely have these)
Diet: contains meat, based on every ingredient listed below.
Contains: Gluten Dairy Egg
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How to make it
- Rub the cold butter into the flour with a pinch of salt until the mixture looks like coarse breadcrumbs, then stir in just enough cold water to bring it together into a firm dough, wrap and chill for 30 minutes.
- Cut the cooked roast beef and potatoes into small even cubes and finely chop the cooked onion, then combine them in a bowl.
- Stir in the beef broth, chopped parsley, thyme, black pepper and salt to taste so the filling is moist but not wet, and let it cool fully if still warm.
- Roll the chilled pastry out on a floured surface and cut four circles about 18 cm across using a plate as a guide.
- Spoon a quarter of the filling onto one half of each circle, leaving a clear border, brush the edge with beaten egg, then fold the pastry over to make a half-moon and press the edges firmly together, crimping with your fingers or a fork to seal.
- Place the pasties on a lined baking tray, brush all over with the remaining beaten egg and cut a small steam vent in the top of each.
- Bake in an oven preheated to 200C for 30 to 35 minutes until the pastry is deep golden and crisp, then rest for 5 minutes before serving warm.
You'll use: Oven · Large pot · Baking tray · Steamer
Ingredient substitutions
- Butter
- olive oil (¾ the amount) · coconut oil · margarine
Tips & common questions
How long does Beef Pasties take to make?
About 70 minutes from start to finish — an estimate based on the 7 steps and 12 ingredients. Times vary with your kitchen and how much prep you do ahead.
What can I use instead of butter?
Try olive oil (¾ the amount). See the substitutions section above for more swaps.
Can I scale this recipe up or down?
Yes — use the servings control above the ingredients and every quantity rescales automatically (fractions included). Cooking times stay roughly the same; very large batches may need a little longer.
How should I store leftovers?
Cool leftovers quickly, refrigerate in an airtight container, and eat within 3 days. Reheat until piping hot throughout.
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Adapted recipe — rewritten in our own wording from an open-licensed community cookbook, not yet independently kitchen-tested by Consomee. How we source, test & correct recipes.
Beef Pasties is adapted by Consomee from the Wikibooks Cookbook, rewritten in our own wording and used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo: -22 Food Photography - Pasties (55136406265).jpg by Carol VanHook from Tennessee, USA, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. We add the serving scaler, ingredient tools, timing and structure — how we source recipes.