Crispy, satisfying pasties packed with flavour. Ideal for picnics on a summer's day.
Tasty duck, spicy chorizo, rice and sultanas in a shortcrust pastry shell. A good lunch or dinner with BBQ Beans - or just a tin of bog standard baked beans - these pasties also taste great cold, and they're easy to eat with your hands - so they make a great addition to a picnic.
INGREDIENTS
duck breast - skin and all (the skin adds fat which as well as adding flavour, helps bind the filling)
onion
courgette - I also used the end of an old celery stalk - you can use up your old veg with this: DON'T THROW OUT OLD VEG!
chorizo
allspice, thyme, pepper,
red wine vinegar
dry sherry
rice
sultanas
1L chicken stock
shortcrust pastry
milk or egg
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METHOD
Finely dice the duck, onion, courgette and chorizo
Heat oil in a pan and add the veg
Cook for about 5 minutes to let it soften
Add the duck and stir through
Add the chorizo
Add the all the spices and some salt
Add about 2 tablespoons of vinegar and about 1 of sherry
Stir
Simmer for about 15-20 minutes until it has cooked down
Add a goodly amount of rice 250-300g
Stir that through and cook for about 5 minutes
Add a handful of sultanas (great film)
Add a litre or so of chicken stock and simmer for about 20 minutes, or until the liquid is all absorbed
Heat the oven to 180º - you might have gathered by now that I reckon almost anything is fine if it's cooked at 180º
Unroll the pastry sheet on a baking tray and cut it into strips about 8cm x 16cm
Spoon the filling onto one piece along the middle, leaving about 2cm all round
Brush those uncovered edges with milk or egg and add another sheet on top, pressing down the edges to join them firmly
Fold the edges up to make whatever lovely shape your heart desires - or, if you're a ham-fisted clod like me, any old pile of lumps that look like geological fault lines
Run a fork along the edges to crimp and seal, and poke a couple of holes in the top to let the steam out
Brush the pasties with more milk or whatever you're using
Pop them in the oven for 35 minutes
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