Minced meat braid

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 1 pack of puff pastry, rolled out, rectangular
• 1 onion(s)
• 750 g minced meat, mixed
• 1 egg(s)
• 1 tbsp tomato paste
• 2 tbsp breadcrumbs
• salt and pepper
• 2 tbsp butter
• Egg yolk for brushing
• some chives, in rolls

Instructions

Working time approx. 15 minutes; Total time approx. 15 minutes

Peel and dice the onion. Knead the minced meat with the onion, egg, tomato paste, and breadcrumbs, and season with salt and pepper. Melt the butter and brush the rolled-out puff pastry with it. Shape the minced meat into a log and place it on the long side of the puff pastry, leaving no edges free. Roll it up, and refrigerate the log for about 30 minutes. Then cut the minced meat log in half lengthwise with a large, sharp knife. Twist the halves together, opening up, like a cord, so that the plait is closed at the bottom by the dough and the minced meat oozes out a little at the top. Brush with egg yolk. Place on a baking sheet lined with baking paper and bake for 30-35 minutes in a preheated oven at 200°C (convection oven: 175°C). Serve sprinkled with fresh chives. Serve with a green salad.