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Beef pasties with a sweetcorn salsa recipe

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Make these mini beef pasties for the kids – in fact, it's a great one to try and make with them, too. Puff pastry is used for ease and filled with the beef and carrot combo. Making the salsa couldn't be easier: simply combine all of the ingredients. See method

Makes 8 small pasties
20 mins to prepare and 25 mins to cook
258 calories / serving

Ingredients

1 tbsp olive oil
½ small onion, finely chopped
200g lean beef mince
1 carrot, finely diced
1tsp thyme leaves, optional
350g puff pastry
a little flour, for dusting
1 egg, lightly beaten
90g sweetcorn kernels, fresh, tinned or frozen, drained if needed
150g cherry tomatoes, quartered
1/2 red pepper, finely diced
2tsp balsamic vinegar or lime juice

If you don't have mince, cut open some sausages instead

Each serving contains

Energy
1080kj
258kcal 13%
Fat
15g 21%
Saturates
6g 32%
Sugars
3g 4%
Salt
0.4g 7%

of the reference intake
Carbohydrate 20.1g Protein 9.6g Fibre 1.2g

Method

Preheat the oven to 190°C, 170°C fan, 375°F, gas 5. Start with the filling. Heat the olive oil in a frying pan, add the onion and cook gently for 5 minutes, until beginning to soften. Add the beef mince and carrots and the thyme, if using. Turn up the heat and cook for a further 5 minutes, until the beef is browned. Set aside to cool completely.
While the filling cools, unroll the pastry on a lightly floured board and cut out 6 rounds with a plain, 11cm (4.5 in) biscuit cutter. Re-roll the scraps of pastry and cut out 2 more rounds to make a total of 8. Space out on a baking sheet lined with nonstick baking paper and chill in the fridge for 10 minutes.
Place a heaped tablespoon of filling on one side of each pastry round. Paint a little beaten egg around the edge with a pastry brush. Fold the pastry over to form a semi-circle, pressing the edges together firmly. Use a fork to crimp the edges or pinch them between thumb and finger to form a pattern, if liked. Cut a small slit in the top of each pasty. Repeat until all 8 pasties are made. At this point the pasties may be chilled for up to 24 hours or frozen for up to 3 months. Before baking, paint the pasties with egg to glaze. Bake for 15-20 minutes, until golden brown and puffed up. To make the salsa, combine all the ingredients. Season to taste. Eat the pasties warm or cool, with the salsa.

Tip: Half a teaspoon of 5-spice powder added to the pan with the beef makes a very nice substitute for the thyme leaves, but only add it if your little ones are keen on exotic flavours.

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