The Meatloaf in Puff Pastry is a main course that we love: juicy and tender, and thanks to the puff pastry that wraps it, it also becomes very beautiful to look at. Therefore, a simple way to combine taste and aesthetics.
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Medium
- Preparation time: 30 Minutes
- Portions: 6 servings
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients
- 12 oz spinach, frozen
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1.75 oz onion
- 2 tbsp Parmesan cheese (grated, about 3 tablespoons)
- to taste fine salt
- 3 eggs
- 3 pinches garlic powder
- 3 pinches basil (dried leaves)
- 2 pinches fine salt
- to taste olive oil
- 1 lb g ground beef (and pork)
- 9 oz sausage
- 3 eggs
- 1.5 oz bread (3-4 days old)
- 3 tbsp milk
- 2 pinches fine salt
- 2 pinches black pepper (ground)
- 1.5 oz Parmesan cheese (grated)
- 1 tbsp breadcrumbs
- 1 puff pastry (round, 230g)
- to taste olive oil
Steps
Thaw the spinach in the microwave for a few seconds, then chop them into smaller pieces on a cutting board. Clean and finely chop the onion. In a pan, melt the butter, add the spinach and onion. Cook for a few minutes, stirring occasionally. Now add the Parmesan, salt, and let it flavor for a bit. Let it cool completely.
Break the eggs into a plate, add the salt, basil, garlic, and beat well. In a pan with a diameter of 12 inches, add two tablespoons of oil, pour in the egg mixture, and cook for a few minutes on each side. Let it cool completely.
In a bowl, place the ground meat and sausage with the skin removed, and start mixing them with your hands. Add the eggs, grated Parmesan, crumbled bread soaked in milk, salt, and pepper.
Mix thoroughly with your hands until you get a homogeneous mixture. If it seems a bit soft, add a tablespoon of breadcrumbs.
Now spread the mixture on a sheet of parchment paper using a rolling pin, placing another sheet of parchment paper on top. You need to make a rectangle measuring 11×14 inches, about 2.5 inches thick.
Place the cooled spinach and the omelette on the surface of the meat layer.
Start rolling the meat using the parchment paper underneath to help.
The closing should be positioned underneath, and seal the edges well with the meat.
Now spread the puff pastry, place it over the meatloaf, making it adhere well to the surface.
Flip the meatloaf and close the puff pastry well at the bottom and also on the sides.
Turn the meat again and make cuts on the surface with a pizza cutter, brush it with oil using a kitchen brush.
Bake in the oven at 350°F for 60-70 minutes.
Tips, Advice
The meat mixture should be quite soft, this way the meatloaf will be juicier.
Place the baking sheet on the second rack of the oven; if the puff pastry becomes too colored by the end of cooking, place a sheet of aluminum foil on top.
If you liked the Meatloaf in Puff Pastry, try this recipe with ground meat and spinach:
