This recipe has been taken from Annette Sym's Symply Too Good To Be True range of Diabetes Australia endorsed cookbooks. To purchase a copy, call Diabetes Australia on 1300 136 588.
This classic beef and vegetable pie is sure to be a hit with the entire family. For a variation, the beef mince can be swapped for either lean chicken or lamb mince. Serves 6.
Ingredients
500g very lean mince
cooking spray
1 cup each onion diced, carrot grated, zucchini grated
1 cup frozen peas
1 cup frozen corn kernels
2 teaspoons salt-reduced vegetable stock powder (Massel®)
2 cups hot water
1 tablespoon tomato sauce
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
3 tablespoons (Gravox®) Lite Supreme
¼ cup water
pepper to taste
7 sheets filo pastry
Method
To make filling: Brown mince in non-stick fry pan that has been coated with cooking spray. Drain and set aside. In the same saucepan spray again then sauté onion for 2 minutes stirring constantly. Add carrots, zucchini, peas and corn to pot, cook a further 2 minutes, stirring well. Blend stock powder in hot water, add to pot, bring to boil, simmer covered for 5 minutes. Stir in tomato and Worcestershire sauce. Mix gravy powder with ¼ cup water, stir quickly in top to avoid lumps. Add mince, stir well. Pepper to taste. Leave to cool
Preheat oven 200 C fan forced.
To assemble pie: Coat a 20cm pie dish with cooking spray. Fold out filo pastry sheets, cut each sheet in half (8 for base, 6 for top). Layer a pie dish with 8 cut sheets of pastry, in a rotating fashion, spraying with cooking spray between each sheet. Spoon mince mixture on top of layered pastry. With remaining sheets, repeat layering process, crinkle edges together, spray with cooking spray. Cut a small slit in top of pastry. Cook 30-35 minutes or until golden brown. Serve immediately as pastry will soften when left. To crisp again either place back in oven or under grill.
Nutritional information per serving - Fat 6.8 g, saturated fat 2.5 g, fibre 4.5 g, protein 21.9 g, carbohydrates 20.2 g, sugar 5.1g, sodium 248 mg, kilojoules 962, GI rating – medium.