Mint Pasties

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 4 cups sifted sifted flour
• 4 tablespoons 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

Recipe

• 1 sift the flour, sugar and salt together, and loosely work in the egg yolks, butter and lemon rind. add enough water to roll the dough into a ball.
• 2 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.
• 3 mix the spearmint with the currants and the brown sugar and fill each tart with it. cover the remaining pastry, pressing the lower and upper crusts together with a fork and bake in a preheated 450° oven until golden brown.