Italian Minced Beef Plait - so quick & easy to prepare.
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4.7
33 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
15 mins
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Cook Time
1 hr
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Total Time
1 hr 15 mins
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Servings
4 - 5
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Course
Main Course
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Cuisine
Italian
Italian Minced Beef Plait - so quick & easy to prepare.
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Italian Minced Beef Plait is a quick and easy recipe which is like a cross between a meat loaf and a Beef Wellington - delicious and sure to please the family with its hidden veg.
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Ingredients
- 500 g minced beef or steak; good quality
- onion quartered
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 carrot chopped into chunks, medium
- 1 celery chopped into chunks, stick
- 2 lices bread 100g torn up, stale
- 1 - 2 tsp Italian mixed herbs
- 4 tbsp tomato puree
- 50 g mature cheddar cheese cubed
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ tsp black pepper
- 320 g puff pastry sheet ready rolled
- egg additional, for egg wash
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180ºC and place a sheet of non-stick baking paper onto a large baking tray.
- Put the minced beef in a large bowl.
- Mince the garlic and onion together in the Wahl James Martin Grind and Chop using the chopper bowl, then add to the mince.
- Next mince the carrot and celery in the same Grind and Chop bowl and add to the mince.
- Place the torn bread into the Grind and Chop to make breadcrumbs, then add to the mince.
- Put the cubes of Cheddar in the Grind and Chop and chop until like fine gravel, then add to the mince.
- Beat the egg using the Grind and Chop and add to the mince.
- Finally add the herbs, tomato puree, salt, and pepper and mix thoroughly with your hand.
- Unroll the pastry and transfer it to the lined baking sheet.
- Place the mince on top of the pastry and form into a long brick shape leaving a 4 cm gap at each end.
- Next, take a knife and cut 1.5 cm strips down each side at a 45º angle.
- Fold one end flap of the pastry over the end of the mince (trimming as necessary) and then draw up alternate strips of pastry to form a plait (wet the ends of the strips if necessary so they stick).
- Once you get close to the end fold up the end flap of the pastry (trimming as necessary) and then finish the plait with the end tucked in.
- Finish off by beating an egg in the Grind & Chop and brush the egg wash over the plait.
- Place on the middle shelf of the oven and bake for 1 hour until pastry is golden and mince cooked.
- Serve with vegetables or salad of your choice.
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4.7
33 reviews
Excellent
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