9 pasty recipes
Pasties make a filling lunch, with meat, veg and cheese versions to enjoy. Try our take on a classic Cornish pasty, plus variations, including Spanish empanadas
Looking for pasty recipes? These single-serve pastry pocket are typically filled with meat and veg. The traditional Cornish pasty served as lunch for hungry Cornish miners, with the crimped edge designed to be held to prevent dirty hands from contaminating the meal.
A Cornish pasty has to include skirt steak with onions, swede and potato. For a twist, try our breakfast pasties for a hearty breakfast, then try other variations, including Spanish empanadas filled with chorizo, spring onions and prawn.
Next, discover more shortcrust pastry recipes, puff pastry recipes and filo pastry recipes. Get inspired with our best comfort food recipes.
Pasty recipes
Classic Cornish pasty
A true Cornish pasty only contains onion, swede, potato and skirt steak. Season the filling well with black pepper to achieve the characteristic flavour.
Breakfast pasties
Pep up your weekend breakfast with our mash-up of a classic fry-up and traditional handheld British pie.
Tibetan pasties
Sha balep are hugely popular stuffed pastry snacks from Tibet. Often filled with beef, garlic and Sichuan pepper, they're eaten with soup for lunch or dinner, but also make a hearty breakfast.
Argentinian cheese and onion empanadas
These golden empanadas are given a British twist with aged cheddar cheese and a slow-cooked onion filling. This recipe comes from London's Soho restaurant Sucre.
Beef empanadas
These filled pastry treats are easier to make than you might imagine, and are perfect snacks for parties and picnics. Filled with beef, tomato, smoked paprika and fiery cayenne, they really pack a flavour punch, too.
Spinach, chorizo and cheese empanadas
Impress your guests with these simple but impressive spinach, chorizo and cheese empanadas for a hearty snack or starter to share.
Spring onion and prawn empanadas
The spring onions for this should be a decent size, so if they're thin, use one and a half bunches. Empanadas are dough turnovers that originated in Portugal, and are now popular in many other Latin American countries.
Ecuadorian empanadas
Check out these impressive pork Ecuadorian empanadas with punchy aji sauce. This moreish recipe may take a bit of time to make, but this is a perfect summertime snack.
Jamaican beef paties
Spicy mini-pies stuffed with Jamaican-style spices and stuffed with beef, onion, chilli and garlic
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