Cornish pasties with Asian twist

It’s good to have an herb garden in a backyard.

When you need a little bit of herbs you can snitch a tip of herbs in a garden instead of buying a bunch from a store.

It would also entertain you with ideas of playing with the herbs in a kitchen.

 
I amended the soil a lot because my backyard has heavy clay soils.

My hard work paid off and now I have cilantro growing huge! It’s time to enjoy the harvest from the garden.

There are so many things you can do with cilantro and I decided to incorporate it into Cornish pasties.


Here’s my Cornish pasties with Asian twist:

6 oz ground pork
Half onion, chopped
Cilantro, chopped
Garlic, grated
1 tsp oyster sauce

Half tsp sugar  
Salt
Shortcrust pastry dough


Mix all ingredients except the dough in a bowl.

Roll out shortcrust pastry dough and cut with a big cookie cutter.

Place the filling in the center of the each dough and fold in half.
Heat the oven to 350°F and bake them for 40 minutes

Delicious! With this small size pie, I can enjoy the combination of the flakiness of the pastry and juiciness of the filling in one bite.  

I kept it low in salt so l can really taste umami flavor of meat with a hint of cilantro which was good with round acidity and fruitiness of this light bodied sparkling wine.

Hammerling Wines Wind, Sand & Stars Sparkling Gamay Noir 2020

Sparkling Gamay from Sierra Foothills, with aromas of violet and raspberries.