Cornish pasty recipe?

[figbat]

I dispute your fact. You just can't legally call them Cornish Pasties for the purposes of selling them. If you are making them for yourself you can call them what ever you like!

Indeed. And even if not “Cornish” then they are still “pasties” rather than “pies”.

 

[icowden]

According to the PGI status, a Cornish pasty should be shaped like a 'D' and crimped on one side, not on the top.

This is disputed in Cornwall however as there is documentary evidence that top crimping was used as long ago as the 18th century.

 

[Arrowfoot]

This is disputed in Cornwall however as there is documentary evidence that top crimping was used as long ago as the 18th century.

Just to add. The top crimp crescent shaped has a purpose. It is held in both hands by miners in the deep recesses of the mine and once finished , the crimp is thrown away as their hands are sooty. They never came up for meals. That was the main and full meal and not a snack. Hence the meat and veg combination. Its heritage food.

 

[figbat]

Just to add. The top crimp crescent shaped has a purpose. It is held in both hands by miners in the deep recesses of the mine and once finished , the crimp is thrown away as their hands are sooty. They never came up for meals. That was the main and meal and not a snack. Hence the meat and veg combination. Its heritage food.

This is precisely the argument for the side crimp (except rather than "sooty" it was more to do with the metals ores they were mining, like tin, copper etc).

 

[postman]

I would like to volunteer to taste said Pasties.Please forward to Meanwood via any fast courier.