Vienna Bakery Beef Patties

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Ingredients

  • 1 kgbeef chuck or rump steak
  • 6 largeonions, sliced
  • 1 inch pieceginger
  • 6 clovesgarlic
  • 2green chillies
  • 6 tbspcooking oil
  • 3 tbspvinegar
  • 2 whole (juice)lemons, for marinade
  • 1 tbsplemon juice, for seasoning later
  • 4 tspblack pepper powder
  • 6 tbspsmoked barbecue sauce
  • 1 tbspbrown sugar
  • 1 glasswater
  • to tastesalt (for marinade + seasoning)
  • as neededpuff pastry
  • 1egg (for egg wash)

Whole spices (for the pressure cooker)

  • 6kashmiri chillies
  • 2cinnamon sticks
  • 8cloves
  • 8cardamom pods
  • 12black peppercorns

Instructions

  1. Crush the ginger, garlic, green chillies and cloves together.
  2. Wash the beef. Marinate with salt, the juice of 2 lemons, the vinegar, and the crushed ginger-garlic-chilli mixture. Fork the beef so it absorbs the marinade. Leave overnight.
  3. Next day: rub the black pepper powder all over the beef and sear it on all sides in a large skillet until brown.
  4. Transfer to a pressure cooker. Add the oil, kashmiri chillies, cinnamon sticks, cloves, cardamom pods and black peppercorns. Pour in the marinade juices and a glass of water.
  5. Pressure cook the beef for 25–30 minutes until well cooked.
  6. Lift out just the beef and shred it.
  7. In a frying pan, heat a little oil, add the sliced onions with salt and brown sugar, and fry until caramelised — don't let them burn.
  8. Add the shredded beef. Season with salt, more pepper powder, and 1 tbsp of lemon juice.
  9. Stir in the barbecue sauce so the beef and onions are evenly coated. Let the filling cool completely.
  10. Cut the puff pastry into squares. Spoon the filling on, fold over to form patties, and seal the edges with a little water. Press the edges firmly with the back of a fork.
  11. Beat the egg and brush the tops with the egg wash.
  12. Bake at 180°C (fan-forced) for 15–20 minutes, until golden brown.
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