BREAKFAST PASTY.
This is very similar to my Sausage and Baked Bean Pie recipe and can be made ahead and reheated - perfect for pit-stop in a busy day.
Ingredients...
8oz plain flour
4oz butter
ice cold water
3 sausages per person
4 streaky bacon rashers
mushrooms
1 tin of baked beans
1 egg
Method...
Put the flour and butter in a bowl and rub together until the butter is no longer in big lumps and you have a bowl of crumbs. Add the water slowly and mix until the pastry comes together to form a dough (try not to work the pastry too much at this stage). Wrap in clingfilm and place in the fridge for about 30 minutes. The time in the fridge allows the butter to harden slightly and for the gluten to relax. You can make the pastry earlier in the day or just before you make the pie, but allowing at least 15 minutes in the fridge will improve your pastry massively.
Whilst the pastry is chillling, preheat the oven to 200 degrees (180 fan) and line 2 baking trays.
Take the skins off the sausages and break into pieces. Cut the mushrooms into chunks. Fry the sausages, bacon and mushrooms until cooked/browned. Cut the bacon into small pieces.
To assemble the pasties... Roll out the pastry (on a floured surface) and using something like a side plate as a guide, cut the pastry into circles. Place an assortment of the fried food and some (cold) beans into the centre of the circle. Brush some of the egg around the edge of the cirle and fold the circle in half (to make a semi-circle) and seal the edges by crimping/squashing together. Make a slit in the top of the pasty, brush with a little egg and place onto a baking tray. Pop them into the oven for 20-30 minutes until they are golden and the bottom is no longer soggy.
Makes 4-5 small pasties.
