Low Fat Ground Beef Wellingtons

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 tablespoon stock
• 1/2 red onion
• 2 garlic cloves
• 4 mushrooms
• 1/4 stalk celery
• 450 g extra lean ground beef
• 1 tablespoon parsley
• 1 egg
• 3 ounces breadcrumbs
• 2 sheets puff pastry
• pepper

Recipe

• 1 heat stock in frypan; saute finely diced onion 5 minutes.
• 2 add garlic (i used jar), finely diced mushrooms (i used button) and celery; cook until celery is soft.
• 3 place mixture in bowl and place in fridge 20 minutes until cool; add pepper.
• 4 combine in bowl ground beef, parsley, egg and breadcrumbs.
• 5 roll into 8 patties.
• 6 note: if patties look or feel dry at this point they will come out that way; should have a combined texture.
• 7 note: can use less garlic.
• 8 note: pampas has just come out with low fat pastry 33 percent less fat which is what i used.
• 9 note: do not cook ground beef and trust that it will cook properly in the pastry :).
• 10 cut 2 sheets of puff pastry into 4 pieces.
• 11 place pattie in middle of pastry, add the mushroom mixture on to of the beef and fold like and envelope; making sure you pinch close all seams;.
• 12 helpful hint --- do not feel you have to be gentle with the pastry and you do not want to touch it for too long so that the heat of your hands melts it.
• 13 spray each wellington with oil and.
• 14 place wellingtons on tray with baking paper.
• 15 bake in oven for 35-40 minutes 200c/400°f.
• 16 note: pastry will be lightly golden brown and ground beef will be cooked.
• 17 enjoy!
• 18 note: i also put decorative puff pastry hearts at the top of the wellington but when asked hubby if he noticed -- well -- mmmmm -- but i knew it was romantic :).
• 19 he did say they were terrific! :).
• 20 served with rocket, feta and tomato.