Cheesy Beef & Filo Pastry Pie
with Cucumber & Balsamic Salad
This cosy dinner packs in a veggie-loaded beef base that's full of flavour, then tops off the whole dish with a light and flakey filo pastry. Be sure to serve it fresh from the oven for an optimally crisp pastry!
The quantities provided above are averages only.
Produced in a facility that processes eggs, milk, fish, peanuts, sesame, shellfish, soy, tree nuts, and wheat.
Ingredients
1 packet
Leek
1 packet
Filo Pastry
(Contains: Gluten, Wheat; )
250 g
Beef Mince
1 sachet
Thyme
1
Cucumber
1 packet
Tomato Paste
1 packet
Mixed Salad Leaves
1 packet
Grated Parmesan Cheese
(Contains: Milk; )
1 sachet
Chicken-Style Stock Powder
1
Carrot
Not included in your delivery
1 drizzle
olive oil
¼ cup
water
30 g
butter
(Contains: Milk; )
1 drizzle
balsamic vinegar
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Preheat oven to 220ºC/200ºC fan-forced.
• Grate the carrot.
• Finely chop garlic.
• Pick and finely chop rosemary.
Little cooks: Help pick the rosemary leaves from the stems!
• In a large frying pan, heat a drizzle of olive oil over high heat. Cook sliced leek and carrot, stirring, until softened, 4-6 minutes.
• Add beef mince and cook, breaking up with a spoon, until just browned, 3-4 minutes.
• Add garlic and rosemary and cook, stirring until fragrant, 1 minute.
• Reduce heat to medium, then add tomato paste, the water and chicken-style stock powder and cook, stirring, until reduced, 1-2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
TIP: Add a dash more water if the mince is dry!
• Transfer beef mixture to a baking dish, then sprinkle over grated Parmesan cheese.
Little cooks: Take the lead by sprinkling the cheese on top. Careful, the filling is hot!
• Add the butter to a small microwave-safe bowl and microwave in 10 second bursts until melted.
• Brush each sheet of filo pastry with the melted butter. Lightly scrunch each sheet of pastry and place on top of the beef mixture to completely cover.
• Bake pie until the pastry is golden, 15-20 minutes.
• While the pie is baking, roughly chop cucumber.
• In a medium bowl, combine mixed salad leaves, cucumber and a drizzle of balsamic vinegar and olive oil. Season to taste.
Little cooks: Help combine all the ingredients for the salad!
• Divide cheesy beef and filo pastry pie between plates. Serve with cucumber and balsamic salad. Enjoy!
