Pastry for Meat Pies

2 cups flour
½ tsp salt
4 oz butter or shortening
Ice water
1 ½ tsp curry powder (optional)

Sift together flour, curry and salt add butter and combine using a pastry blender or your finders until I’s coarse.

Add just enough water to hold the dough together

Put into a ball wrap with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour

Remove pastry from fridge and let come to room temperature about 15 minutes, roll out on a a floured surface to ¼ inch thickness

Cut dough into circles with a cookie cutter place meat on half and fold over . seal pastry with fork

Cook in a preheated 400 * oven for 30 minutes or until golden brown