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How To – assemble a pasty, from Jamie’s America


00:00:04hello and welcome to jamieoliver.com I’m

00:00:07one of the food team and today I’m going

00:00:09to show you how to put your pasta

00:00:10together first of all cut your pastry

00:00:15now keep one hand on the board to

00:00:19another half aside for later dust it

00:00:21really well with flour take your rolling

00:00:24pin

00:00:25that’s the rolling pin flour just to

00:00:29make sure it won’t stick and then

00:00:34carefully roll out your pastry rolling

00:00:42it out as evenly as you can tell it’s

00:00:45both the thickness of well pound coin or

00:00:49half a centimeter when you pace your

00:00:54soul will don’t grab a normal standards

00:00:57of cereal –bowl I have a normal cereal

00:00:59bowl like that turn it upside down

00:01:01Miller your pastry and then use a tip

00:01:04your knife to cut around it just hold

00:01:06the ball in place with your left hand or

00:01:08your right hand if you’re left-handed

00:01:21then we go fold this pastry up again

00:01:27roll it again for another posting half

00:01:31block of pastry should give you four of

00:01:33these nice little disks

00:01:34I’ve only rolled one like a nice

00:01:36spoonful of this filling thanks Joe

00:01:39make sure that it’s cold enough leave a

00:01:50gap we’ll back to 3 centimeters run the

00:01:51edge then we’ll do the egg wash dip the

00:01:57brush just brush around the edge the

00:02:00pastry – make sure the pastry is wet

00:02:03they’re not soaking we don’t egg running

00:02:06off onto the table well the pastry over

00:02:10match it it’s opposite edge and press

00:02:14down to make sure the edge of seal use

00:02:17your thumb and forefinger

00:02:19Krim

00:02:25I’ll take a little bit more beaten egg

00:02:29just brush it on top of the pasty

00:02:37but roasting tray here to bake pasty on

00:02:39and it’s a little bit of greaseproof

00:02:41paper cut to fit sprinkle a little

00:02:43cornmeal or polenta will do fine and

00:02:47what this does just helps keep the pasty

00:02:51from sticking and also gives it a little

00:02:53bit of crunch when you eat it pop it in

00:02:56the tray a little more cornmeal on the

00:03:00top that’s your pasty bake it in a hot

00:03:05oven for 30 35 minutes until crispy

00:03:08cooked through and golden brown