Easter Puff Pastry Minced Meat Pie Recipe

This Easter Puff Pastry Minced Meat Pie recipe is a cousin of the Greek Kreatopita pie and a delicious dish I make every Easter. The pie is made with puff pastry and a filling of ground meat. You can use pork, beef, or a combination of both. It works great as an appetizer for the Easter meal.

Culinary Joy for the Holidays

It is a tradition for our family to have this pie every year for Easter Sunday meals. We also bake it once in a while as an appetizer when we have guests over.

I think the leftovers are even better, and you can have them for lunch with a simple salad. The recipe is very close to the Greek Kreatopita, which is made with phyllo dough.

It is a very rustic and delicious dish that can use pork, beef, or a mixture of both as you prefer. It also uses lots of greens, especially around Easter, as a celebration of Spring.  If you want to make this recipe in winter, you can replace green onions with white or red ones.

Dill and parsley are used in abundance, as these two herbs are very popular in Romanian cuisine. Thyme is also a wonderful aromatic herb that brings so much flavor to the dish.

You can use puff pastry sheets that you can find at any grocery store.  As an Eastern European, puff pastry is one of the staples in my freezer.

Key Ingredients

• Puff pastry: A package of store bought puff pastry is all you need.
• Ground meat: This recipe is great for ground beef, but you might discover that a combination of pork and beef is even better. 
• Onion: You can use any type of onion you like. I used white or yellow onions, but I also used green onions, especially in the Spring.
• Garlic cloves: I like garlic cloves better than garlic powder in this recipe.
• Fresh parsley: Fresh parsley is better tasting than dried, but you can use either one.
• Fresh dill: Same for dill.
• Thyme: I like the dried thyme for convenience.
• Salt And Pepper
• Olive oil: Use for browning the meat
• Large Eggs: This recipe uses eggs for the filling and also for the surface of the pie before baking it.
• Shredded Cheddar Cheese: this is a popular option and it goes well in the recipe, but you can use other shredded cheese you like (Gruyere, Mexican blend or even Feta).

Let's Make The Recipe

Step 1. Defrost Puff Pastry. Do not let it sit at room temperature for more than 40 minutes, as it will be hard to work with.

Step 2. Make The Filling. Place the ground meat in a pan and saute it on medium heat in 1-2 tablespoons of oil. When the meat loses moisture and starts browning, add the onion, garlic, salt, and pepper.

Add parsley, dill (either fresh or dried), and thyme. Mix well to incorporate the herbs and the rest of the ingredients.

Cook the mixture together for 3-4 minutes, then set aside to cool. When the mixture cools down, add eggs and cheese and mix well.

A good idea would be to mix cheddar cheese with a little bit of Gruyere. However, if you have a bag of Mexican cheese or even Feta cheese, it would also work. The sky is the limit. Make the recipe yours and add what you like.

Step 3. Assemble the dish. Meanwhile,  preheat the oven to 350F. Cover the bottom of a 7x11" baking pan with a sheet of puff pastry. (Gosh, I love puff pastry. It is so versatile and simple to use in so many ways).

My baking trays are always longer/wider than the size of the puff pastry sheet. To fix that, I usually dust with flour on a cutting board and stretch out the puff pastry enough to adjust the size. 

Spread the meat over the pastry.  

Then, adjust the size of the other puff pastry sheet and cover the meat with it. Tuck the edges of the pastry inside the tray.

Beat an egg and brush the entire surface of the pie with it. Also, grab a fork and poke the puff pastry top everywhere.

Step 4. Bake. Bake at 350F for about 40-45 minutes until golden brown.

Slice it in squares and serve warm or cold next to this delicious Spanish potatoes salad.

This is a perfect recipe for Easter, and I usually serve it as an appetizer. Very fulfilling and delicious!

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Easter Puff Pastry Minced Meat Pie Recipe

This Easter Puff Pastry Minced Meat Pie recipe is a cousin of the Greek Kreatopita pie and a delicious dish I make every Easter. The pie is made with puff pastry and a filling of ground meat that can be pork, beef, or a combination of both. It works great as an appetizer for the Easter meal.

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Course: Appetizers

Cuisine: Romanian

Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 45 minutes minutes

Total Time: 1 hour hour 5 minutes minutes

Servings: 12 servings

Calories: 400kcal

Author: Gabriela

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Ingredients

• ▢ 17.3 ounces package puff pastry
• ▢ 16 ounces minced meat pork or beef
• ▢ 1 medium onion chopped or 3-4 green onions
• ▢ 3 garlic cloves chopped
• ▢ one handful of chopped fresh parsley or 2 teaspoons of dried parsley
• ▢ one handful of chopped fresh dill or 2 teaspoons of dried dill
• ▢ ½ teaspoon of dried thyme
• ▢ salt and pepper to taste
• ▢ 2 tablespoons vegetable oil for browning the meat
• ▢ 3 eggs 2 will go into the meat mixture and 1 egg will be used to brush the surface of the pie before baking it
• ▢ 1 cup shredded Cheddar Cheese

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Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 350F.
• In a pan, heat the vegetable oil on medium heat.
• Add the meat to the pan and saute it until it starts browning.
• Add the chopped onion and garlic.
• Mix it all, add salt and pepper to your taste.
• Brown the meat, onion, and garlic for a few minutes, mixing with a spoon.
• Also, add the parsley, dill, and thyme, mix all together, then set aside and let the mixture cool for a few minutes.
• Meanwhile, cover the bottom of a 7x11" baking dish with one sheet of puff pastry.
• If the puff pastry sheet is smaller than your baking tray, flour a flat surface and adjust the dough's size using a rolling pin to stretch it. Lay it on the bottom of the baking tray.
• Add 2 eggs to the cool mixture and the shredded cheese and mix well.
• Spread the meat over your pastry in the baking dish.
• Adjust the size of the other puff pastry sheet and cover the meat with it.
• Tuck the edges of the pastry inside the tray.
• Grab the last egg and beat it well.
• Brush some eggs on the pastry's surface.
• Grab a fork and poke the pastry all over the surface.
• Bake it in the oven for about 45 minutes or until golden brown.
• Let it cool before you cut it in squares and serve either warm or cold.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 400kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 13g | Fat: 30g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 14g | Trans Fat: 0.5g | Cholesterol: 77mg | Sodium: 205mg | Potassium: 166mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 158IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 87mg | Iron: 2mg

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