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🍽️ Meatloaf in a Puff Pastry Crust
1150 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 1 stale roll
- 1 onion
- 2 garlic cloves
- 100 g mushrooms
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 750 g minced meat (beef)
- 1 egg
- salt
- pepper
- nutmeg
- 1 tbsp chopped thyme
- 1 tsp lemon zest (organic)
- breadcrumbs (as needed)
- 2 rolls puff pastry (approx. 275 g each)
- flour (for working)
- 1 egg
- 2 tbsp heavy cream
Instructions
- 1. Place the bread roll in a small bowl and cover it with some water.
- 2. Peel the onion and garlic and chop both ingredients very finely.
- 3. Clean the mushrooms and cut them into small cubes.
- 4. Heat the oil in a pan.
- 5. Sauté the chopped onions and garlic in the hot oil.
- 6. Add the mushroom cubes to the pan.
- 7. Fry the mushrooms over high heat for 3 to 4 minutes until the released liquid has evaporated.
- 8. Squeeze the soaked bread roll with your hands to remove the water.
- 9. Add the squeezed bread roll, the minced meat, and the onion-mushroom mixture to a large bowl.
- 10. Add one egg to the meat mixture.
- 11. Season everything with salt, pepper, nutmeg, thyme, and lemon zest.
- 12. Knead the mixture with your hands into a smooth dough.
- 13. If the mixture seems too dry, add another egg or some breadcrumbs.
- 14. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius (convection mode).
- 15. Line a baking sheet with baking paper.
- 16. Sprinkle some flour on a work surface.
- 17. Roll out the first part of the puff pastry on the floured surface.
- 18. Roll the pastry to a size of approximately 30 by 50 centimeters.
- 19. Shape the meat mixture into a long roll.
- 20. Place the meat roll on the rolled-out puff pastry.
- 21. Separate an egg so that you have egg white and egg yolk separately.
- 22. Brush the ends of the puff pastry with the egg white.
- 23. Fold the puff pastry over the meat roll.
- 24. Press the ends of the pastry together firmly to form a closed roll.
- 25. Bend the roll into a wreath shape and press the ends together well.
- 26. Roll out the second part of the puff pastry on the floured surface.
- 27. Cut the second pastry into strips 5 to 6 centimeters wide.
- 28. Brush the pastry strips with some egg white.
- 29. Place the pastry strips on the meat wreath to create a pattern.
- 30. Tuck the ends of the strips underneath or into the center of the pastry.
- 31. Whisk the egg yolk with the cream in a small bowl.
- 32. Brush the entire pastry wreath with the egg yolk-cream mixture.
- 33. Use a fork to make small patterns on the surface of the pastry.
- 34. Place the baking sheet in the preheated oven.
- 35. Bake the meatloaf for 30 to 35 minutes until golden brown.
- 36. Remove the meatloaf from the oven and let it cool down for a short time.
- 37. Serve the meatloaf garnished with fresh thyme if desired.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 1150
- Protein: 49 g · Fett/Fat: 82 g · Carbs: 56 g