United Kingdom · Food & Beverage Craft; Culinary arts; Cornish heritage
Oggy — Cornish Pasty Crimping
The Cornish pasty making tradition — specifically the hand-crimping technique that seals the characteristic D-shaped pastry case containing beef, potato, swede, and onion. The Cornish pasty maker reads the correct crimp quality through a pinch-and-press assessment of each individual crimp fold — pinching the pastry edge and reading the correct sealing pressure that produces a crimp that will hold the filling during the 45-minute baking without bursting open, while remaining thin enough to be eaten as part of the pastry.
Risk level: Stable · Not listed as ICH; PGI Cornish Pasty (2011)
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