Vegetable Pasties

Ingredients

Pastry

• 300g wholemeal flour
• 300g plain flour
• 230g (1 cup) veg shortening or butter
• 1 tsp salt (omit if butter is salted)

Filling

• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped
• 2 potatoes, peeled and cubed
• 250g (2 cups) frozen mixed veg
• 1 can chickpeas, drained reserving liquid.
• 1 stock cube
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 teaspoon dried tarragon
• pepper

White Sauce

• 1 tablespoon marg
• 1 tablespoon flour
• liquid from chickpeas

Method

Preheat oven to 200 degrees C.

Combine flour and salt. Cut butter into the flour and rub in until it resembles breadcrumbs. Slowly add 1 cup of water until the mixture forms a still dough. Cover and set aside.

Heat oil in a large frying pan and fry onion until soft. Add garlic and cook for a couple more minutes. Add the potato, mixed veg, and chickpeas.

Add water, stock cube, tarragon and pepper. Cook for 15 minutes.

Meanwhile, make a white sauce using the chickpea liquid. Stir the white sauce through the vegetable mix.

Divide pastry into 8 balls. Roll each pastry ball into a circle, 6 to 8 inches in diameter. Place about 1/8 of filling on one half of each circle. Fold pastry over filling, and pinch edges to seal. Place on baking sheet.

Bake in oven for 45 minutes, or until golden brown.

Source

Adapted from https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/37259/vegetable-pasties/