Meat loaf in puff pastry

8 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
18X10\" Sheet frozen puff
Pastry, thawed
1poundsGround beef
1poundsGround chicken or turkey
1Onion, finely chopped
2Eggs
2tablespoonsMustard
4Cloves garlic, minced
Salt
Pepper
Other spices as desired
2cupsMatzo meal or bread crumbs
Fresh sliced mushrooms
Or canned mushrooms
1Egg, beaten

Directions

Mix ground beef with half of chopped garlic, half of chopped onion, 1 cup of matzo meal or bread crumbs, and salt and pepper. Grease a sheet of aluminum foil. Spread ground beef on foil to form a flat rectangle. In a separate bowl, mix ground chicken or turkey with remaining garlic, onion, matzo meal, salt and pepper and mustard.

Cover ground beef rectangle with chicken mixture. place line of mushrooms across the width of meat rectangle and roll up jelly-roll fashion, leaving foil behind. Place thawed puff pastry on flat surface, place meat roll on puff pastry; roll and cover meat mixture in pastry. Trim and seal edges with water. Brush with beaten egg.

Place on a foil-lined baking sheet and bake in a 350 degree oven for half an hour, covered with foil. Uncover and bake for additional half hour or until pastry is golden brown. Delicious hot or cold.

From: Budget Cooking-Elegant Dining by Sue Epstein