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Beef pasties with a sweetcorn salsa recipe

Beef pasties with a sweetcorn salsa recipe

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Created by The Tesco Recipes team

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
  • Takes 45 mins
  • 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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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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