Vegan Pastelitos de Carne (Meat Pastries)
Our vegan pastelitos con "carne" bring all the traditional flavors you love, with a compassionate twist.
Equipment
- 1 Wooden Rolling Pin
- 1 Baking Pan
- 1 Silicone Baking Mat or Parchment Paper
Ingredients
- 1 pound Ground Beyond Meat
- 1 pack puff pastry dough (I use Pepperidge Farm brand - their dough is accidentally vegan)
- 1 onion
- 1 tomato (I use organic tomatoes on the vine or Campari)
- 1 tbsp Sazon Completa (I use the brand Badia)
- 1 tbsp sugar (I use organic cane sugar)
Instructions
Prep
- If your ingredients are frozen, thaw them for a couple of hours.
- Preheat oven to 400 F degrees.
Preparing the pastry dough
- Unfold the sheets and lay it flat on the table.
- Using a knife, make a vertical cut down the middle and then another horizontally so you get 4 even rectangles.
- Use some flour on the surface of the cutting board to avoid sticking.
- Using a wooden rolling pin, extend each of the rectangles by about 1 inch on each side.
Preparing the meat filling
- Dice an onion and preheat the pan.
- Once the pan is hot, drizzle some olive or avocado oil and add the onions to the pan. Fry for several minutes until golden.
- Add the Beyond Ground meat to the pan and mix. Cook and mix until the "meat" is no longer pink and it gets brown.
- Dice the tomato and add to the mix. Sprinkle the seasoning generously. Cook for 2 more minutes and set aside to cool down slightly.
Assembling the pastries
- Divide the meat filling into 8 equal amounts to make it easy to know how much to add to each pastry.
- Place one dough rectangle on the board, add the meat filling to one half of the rectangle, then fold the empty side of the dough to cover the filling.
- Use your fingers to stick the edges of the dough together.
- Add the pastries in one layer to a baking pan.
The golden crust
- Mix 1 tbsp of sugar with 2 tbsp of water.
- Using a silicone brush, apply the sugar mix evenly on each of the pastries.
Baking
- Bake the pastries for 25-30 min until golden.
Serving
- Let cool down for 5 min and enjoy!
Notes
*Keep them refrigerated and consume within a week.
*Reheat in the oven/toaster oven for 3-5 minutes.