Mint Pasties

Name: Mint Pasties
Ingredients: 4 cups sifted sifted flour; 4 tablespoons white sugar; 1 pinch salt; 4 egg yolks; 2 cups butter; 1 grated lemon, rind of; 1 cup chopped fresh spearmint; 1 cup currants; 1 cup brown sugar

9 ingredients

5 steps

Ingredients

4 cups sifted sifted flour
4 tablespoons white sugar
1 pinch salt
4 egg yolks
2 cups butter
1 grated lemon, rind of
1 cup chopped fresh spearmint
1 cup currants
1 cup brown sugar

Directions

1

Sift the flour, white sugar and salt together, and loosely work in the egg yolks, butter and lemon rind.
2

Add enough water to roll the dough into a ball.
3

Chill for at least 1 hour in refrigerator; roll out in two sheets, filling 6 tart shells with one, reserving the other for the tart coverings.
4

Mix the spearmint with the currants and the brown sugar and fill each tart with it.
5

Cover the remaining pastry, pressing the lower and upper crusts together with a fork and bake in a preheated 450 oven until golden brown.