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🍽️ Lucky Pig Made of Puff Pastry

685 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

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Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1. Let the puff pastry thaw at room temperature.
  2. 2. Clean the mushrooms and chop them finely.
  3. 3. Peel the onions and garlic and chop them finely as well.
  4. 4. Heat oil in a pan and sauté the onions and garlic until translucent.
  5. 5. Add the chopped mushrooms to the pan and cook the mixture for 10 minutes.
  6. 6. Remove the pan from the heat and let the mushroom mixture cool down briefly.
  7. 7. Mix the mushroom mixture with parsley, pistachios, minced pork, and eggs in a bowl.
  8. 8. Season the filling with salt and pepper to taste.
  9. 9. Cut a pig shape out of cardboard that is roughly the size of your baking sheet.
  10. 10. Roll out the thawed puff pastry on a floured surface.
  11. 11. Cut two pig shapes out of the dough using the cardboard template as a guide.
  12. 12. Line a baking sheet with baking paper.
  13. 13. Place one of the dough pig shapes onto the prepared baking sheet.
  14. 14. Spread the meat and mushroom filling evenly over the dough, but leave a small border around the outer edge.
  15. 15. Brush the free dough border with a little water.
  16. 16. Carefully place the second dough pig shape over the filling.
  17. 17. Press the edges of the two dough layers together firmly to seal them.
  18. 18. Whisk one egg yolk with one tablespoon of water.
  19. 19. Brush the entire surface of the dough with the egg yolk and water mixture.
  20. 20. Press an olive into the dough to form an eye.
  21. 21. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius.
  22. 22. Place the lucky pig into the preheated oven.
  23. 23. Bake the pig for 40 to 45 minutes until golden brown.
  24. 24. Brush the pig two to three times during the baking time with the remaining egg yolk mixture.

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