Beef Puff Pastry
By: zestybite
Published: Friday, July 1, 2011 - 9:18am

Ingredients




2 boxs Puff Pastry sheets (4 sheets)
1 tablespoon butter, unsalted
1 lg potato, diced
1 pound ground beef (I used 93/7)
1/2 onion, finely chopped
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 garlic clove, minced
dashes of dried sage
1 egg white for wash

Preparation

1 Thaw out puff pastry according to box (usually takes about 40 minutes) 2 Preheat oven to 400 degrees 3 Add butter to medium sauce pan on medium heat 4 When butter is melted add potatoes and cook for 5 minutes 5 In another sauce pan over medium heat add the ground beef and cook until brown 6 When you add the meat to sauce pan add the onions to potatoes and continue to stir 7 When potatoes start to soften up add salt, pepper, garlic, and sage; stir the mixture 8 Add the browned beef to potato and onion mixture and mix it up 9 Set aside on no heat 10 Lay out thawed puff pastry and divide each sheet into 6 individual pieces 11 Scoop the meat mixture and place it in the center of 3 individual pieces and top with other side 12 Use a fork to pierce the edges of the puff pastry 13 Place each piece onto a baking sheet and repeat the above steps until the pastry sheets are used up 14 Pierce the top of the puff pastry 1-2 times so that the center gets cooked thoroughly 15 Brush with egg white so that it comes out a nice golden brown color 16 Cook for 18 minutes and then remove and flip the pastries over and cook for an additional 8-12 minutes or until golden brown 17 Both sides need to be a nice golden brown color

About


I lived in London a couple of years ago and one weekend I went to Cornwall.  Cornwall is known for their amazing pasties.  It's a very simple recipe that consists of bread filled with meat, potatoes and onion.  I decided that tonight I would make a different version using a puff pastry.  This would be perfect for dinner or you could make smaller versions and serve as an appetizer.  ENJOY!