
April 18, 2014
Savoury Beef Pastry Roll
Crispy, light, succulent, savoury and addictive is how I would describe these puffy pastry here:
I literally concocted these pastry rolls on a fly when I had some leftovers of ready-made filo dough which I had accidentally thawed out from the fridge as well as excess raw, thawed beef which I would not want to re-freeze. As I cooked up a storm in my head, I decided to mix and match a bunch of ingredients that I thought could work for a simple pastry.
The results from my impromptu, aggarated** recipe was amazing. Here is the recipe if you’d like to give it a shot:


- About 300g – 500g roughly chopped up beef
- 2-3 shallots, blended
- Sprigs of fresh sage leaves
- 1 tspn thyme
- 2 tbsp meat curry powder
- 1 garlic, pressed
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- Salt & pepper to taste
- 2 tbsp butter
- Ready filo pastry
- Pre-heat oven to 170 degrees celsius
- Fry blended shallots and garlic in butter till fragrant
- Add in curry powder. Mix well
- Add beef to the mixture
- Mix in sage, thyme, cumin as well as salt and pepper to taste
- Cook well and set aside
- When beef is cool, use it as filling and roll it into the filo pastry
- Smear some butter or egg yolk to the top of the pastry
- Bake the pastry rolls in the oven for 10-15 minutes or till they turn golden brown
Enjoy!
** Aggarated: estimated in Singlish