Beef and Pepper Pockets in Puff Pastry

These meat patties are an accented treat and make perfect appetizers to serve for breakfast, brunch, or snacks. Puff pastry filled with ground beefiness then baked until golden. You lot can make these ahead of time or freeze them for afterward.

Puff pastry stuffed with meat. — Meat Patties - Meat Stuff Puff Pastry

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About this recipe
Ingredients and substitutes
Pace by step instructions
Tip for making these puffs
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Puff pastry tin can be a blessing when y'all need to do something quick and unproblematic, especially when yous have unexpected guests around or when you lot have teenagers.

These meat patties are chosen Burekas here in Israel and they are very popular in bakeries. Often filled with a diverseness of fillings like murphy, sweet potato, cheese, mushrooms, artichokes, etc

About this recipe

The best thing about this recipe is that yous can practise as much or as picayune as y'all want with this.

I make these at home often using my quick puff pastry from scratch recipe. But yous can of course utilize store-bought puff pastry or make your own using my archetype puff pastry recipe and tutorial.

Today, I am filling them with a basic ground beef filling. Sometimes I make a Center Eastern ground beef filling similar to the one I used to serve over my hummus with footing beef. I besides make some with mushrooms, white potato, Nutella puffs. My pizza puffs are of form with lycopersicon esculentum and mozzarella. The options for fillings are endless.

These are cracking to make ahead. Thaw the puff pastry in the fridge only brand sure it is chilled at all times. The filling tin can be made a few days ahead and kept in the fridge. Add the egg just earlier you lot are going to fill them. You tin can also fill these and chill or freeze them. Then bake them fresh when ready to serve. I have these baked and ready to become in the freezer so my kids can have a few when they demand some snacks.

Ingredients and substitutes

Puff Pastry - I dear puff pastry for the buttery, flaky crust it adds to the meat.
Ground Meat - I often use beef or turkey and they both are incredibly delicious with these. Mince chicken thighs would work just every bit well.
Ginger garlic -both add a dainty season to the meat
Spices - this is non heavily spiced and the puff pastry is really the star here. You can add more or less of the spices only don't over spice it.
Lemon juice - really helps bring out the flavor of the meat, spices, and herbs.

Step by pace instructions

Thaw frozen puff pastry but keep it chilled at all times.
Tip - I fine opening up the puff pastry sheet on a baking tray and letting it chill is the best way to work with information technology.

Filling

In a skillet over medium oestrus, add the oil and saute onions, ginger, garlic until onions are translucent.
Add ground meat and spices. Stir the meat well with a flat spatula and suspension the meat autonomously and then there are lumps.
Season with common salt and pepper. Continue cook on medium heat until all the liquid is captivated and the meat is cooked through.
Tip - you lot want the ground beef to be every bit dry out as possible or information technology will be difficult to fill in the puff pastry. Turn the heat upwards every bit necessary.
Add lemon juice and chopped herbs.
Taste and suit seasoning - set aside to cool completely.
Beat the egg. Add together half of the browbeaten egg to the cooled basis beef mixture and save the other for eggwash.
Tip - calculation an egg to the ground beef helps keep the filling in place. This prevents the filling from falling off with every bite.

Make full the pastry

Dust the rolling pin with flour, lightly dust the puff pastry with flour and roll the chilled puff pastry into sixteen x sixteen inches or 12 ten 12 inches large square
Tip - exercise not use too much flour on the puff pastry. If the puff pastry is sticky it means it needs to be chilled.
And then use a ruler and pizza wheel to measure out and cutting 16 or 12 equal squares each most 3 x 3-inch. (see video)
Tip - the size here is a guide, so mensurate your puff pastry and encounter what best gives y'all 3 x 3-inch squares
Place a tablespoon or more of filling on the top half of the square staying clear of the edges
Fold the other half over and seal the edges. If the puff pastry is dry, brush the border with some of the beaten egg.
Use the tines of a fork to seal and marker edges and so they look dainty too as won't open during blistering.
Place the pastry on a baking tray and into the fridge to chill for at least 20 minutes
Tip- these tin be made upwards to ii days ahead and kept in the fridge or frozen unbaked like this for upwards to a calendar month. Bake from chilled, not frozen.

Unbaked puff pastry stuffed with meat. — Meat Patties - Meat Stuff Puff Pastry

Bake the puffs

Preheat the oven at 200 C / 400 F and brush the puffs with the remaining beaten egg.
Tip - beaten egg gives a nice aureate color. For a darker brown color employ egg yolk with two tablespoon of milk.
Bake in the preheated hot oven on the center rack for about 18 to 20 minutes until gold and puffed upwards.
Cool on a wire rack for at least 10 minutes earlier you serve.
Serve with ketchup, mayonnaise, or dank sauce

Tip for making these puffs

Practice not add too much or too little filling. Too much volition not permit you seal the edges properly then they will open up up when baking. Too little will bake hollow on the inside. And then add just enough. You want to accept a skillful balance of meat and pastry in each seize with teeth.
When you lot take them out of the oven, cool on a wire rack so the estrus won't brand them soggy on the underside.
An Alternate Method to filling these puffs. (image below)
- Sometimes I have style besides many to make for a party and need a quick version. I roll 1 long strip of puff pastry on the baking tray.
- Add the filling, fold over and seal as described to a higher place.
- Arctic it for a few minutes in the fridge.
- Once chilled I cut the long strip into smaller puffs.
- Egg-launder and broil every bit described to a higher place.
Puff pastry bakes best when chilled so always ensure you lot place your puff pastry in the fridge for at least 10 minutes before yous bake it. This way the chilled butter betwixt the layers volition requite you a squeamish flaky crust.
Make-ahead - These are dandy to make ahead if you planning a party. Y'all can fill the puffs, seal them, and leave them in the fridge for up to 2 days or in the freezer for a month before baking. Thaw in the refrigerator for an 60 minutes or two before you broil them.

These meat stuffed puff pastry bites are an absolute treat with delicious meat stuffed on the inside and buttery crisp golden puff pastry on the out. This simple, easy and effortless recipe will have you making these impressive appetizers for entertaining. These make perfect make ahead party treats and are best freezer snack to have on hand.

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These meat patties are an absolute treat and make perfect appetizers to serve for breakfast, brunch, or snacks. Puff pastry filled with footing beef then baked until golden. You can make these ahead of fourth dimension or freeze them for later.

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