Looking for a tasty lunchbox treat? How about these quick and easy mini beef pie favourites.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 small brown onion, chopped
- 350g lean beef mince
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1 small zucchini, grated
- 1 small carrot, grated
- 2 tablespoons gravy powder
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 4 sheets frozen ready-rolled shortcrust pastry, partially thawed
- 1 tablespoon milk
- Tomato sauce, to serve
Method
- Step 1Heat oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat. Add onion. Cook for 3 to 4 minutes or until softened. Add mince. Cook, breaking up mince with a wooden spoon, for 5 to 6 minutes or until browned and cooked through.
- Step 2Add garlic, zucchini and carrot. Cook, stirring, for 3 minutes or until zucchini is tender. Stir in gravy powder, tomato paste and 1/4 cup cold water. Cook, stirring, for 2 minutes or until mixture thickens. Cool.
- Step 3Preheat oven to 200°C/180°C fan-forced. Grease three 12-hole round patty pans. Using a 6.5cm cutter, cut 36 rounds from 2 pastry sheets. Cut seventy-two 1cm x 6cm strips from remaining pastry. Line holes of prepared pans with pastry rounds.
- Step 4Spoon level tablespoons of mince mixture into pastry rounds. Top each with 2 strips of pastry to form a cross. Brush with milk. Bake for 15 to 18 minutes, swapping trays during cooking, or until pastry is golden brown and pies heated through. Stand for 1 minute. Transfer to a dish. Serve with tomato sauce.
Nutrition
424 kj
Energy
5.7g
Fat Total
2.8g
Saturated Fat
0.6g
Fibre
3.2g
Protein
10mg
Cholesterol
178mg
Sodium
9.1g
Carbs (total)
All nutrition values are per serve
Notes
- Author: Kim Coverdale
- Image credit: Mark O'Meara
- Publication: Super Food Ideas
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