Meat & Cheese Puff
Pastry sheets stuffed with spicy meat mince filling and baked till golden and served as a snack.
Servings 5
Ingredients
- 15 frozen puff sheets
- 1 cup grated cheddar cheese or cheese triangles
- 1 Egg white
For Mince filling:
- 500 grams mince beef/mutton
- 1 tbsp ginger & garlic paste
- 2 tbsp yogurt
- 2 tsp red chili powder
- 2 tsp coriander powder
- 1 tsp cumin powder
- 1 tbsp kasoori methi
- ½ tsp garam masala powder
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- 1 medium onion finely chopped
- ½ cup chopped spring onion green & white
- 2 green chilies finely chopped or as per taste
- ½ cup chopped mint leaves
- ½ cup chopped coriander leaves
- ½ cup finely chopped capsicum
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 4 tbsp of cooking oil
Instructions
- In a bowl, mix together first 9 ingredients. Mix well and marinate the mince for 1 hour.
- Heat oil in a saucepan or kadhai. Add the marinated mince and cook on high heat for 30 seconds by stirring constantly.
- Cover and cook on low flame till the mince is fully cooked. Dry out the liquid if any by cooking without a lid.
- Then add the last seven ingredients and cook on high heat for 1 minute. Stir well, check the salt and adjust all the spices.
- Remove from heat and cool it before using it as a stuffing.
- Defrost the puff pastry sheets and preheat the oven to 200 deg C.
- Place the mince filling in the center of each puff sheet along with some grated cheese.
- Fold over as you desire and seal the edges with the help of a fork.
- Brush some egg white on the top of each puff and bake for 10 to 15 minutes.
- Serve warm as a snack.