Mince apple roll
Preparation Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Serves: Serves 4 - 6
Perfect for a picnic lunch.
Ingredients
Filling
30ml cooking oil
300g lean beef mince
1 medium onion, coarsely chopped
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 Granny Smith apple, peeled, cored and finely chopped
30ml sultanas or seedless raisins
125ml fruit chutney
30ml chopped fresh mixed herbs or 10 ml dried
Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Dough
500ml (280 g) Snowflake self-raising flour
2ml salt
50g butter or margarine
5ml sugar
125ml (50 g) grated cheddar cheese
125ml milk
1 extra-large egg
15ml Beaten egg and milk for glazing
Method
- Filling: Heat oil in a medium, heavy-based saucepan. Fry mince until it changes colour. Add onion and garlic and saute for a few minutes until soft. Remove from heat. Add apple, sultanas, chutney, herbs and seasoning and leave to cool slightly.
- Dough: Sift flour and salt together. Rub in butter with fingertips until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add sugar and cheese.
- Whisk egg and milk together. Add to flour mixture, cut in with a knife and knead lightly to a soft dough.
- Roll out dough on a lightly floured surface, into a rectangular shape of about 28 x 32 cm. Spool meat filling evenly over the dough, roll up like a Swiss roll (from the short side), and place onto a greased baking tray, with seam underneath. Make incisions in roll with a sharp knife at 2.5 cm intervals. Brush with beaten egg and milk.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 180 °C for about 30 minutes.
