Thursday, July 1, 2010

Meat and Rice Pie

2 cups boiled rice
1 small egg beaten
1.1/4 cup tomato pasta sauce
S1/4 [sic] cup evaporated milk
salt & pepper to taste
10g butter melted
250g lean beef mince
1 extra egg
1/4 cup grated cheese
avocado slices, sour cream, paprika and parsley to serve

Method: Preheat oven to mod. 180C. Grease a 23cm pie plated [sic] with butter or oil. Combine rice and beaten egg. Spoon into the pie plate. Press over base and sides. Brown mince in a dry pan. Add pasta sauce and cook for 10 mins. Cool slightly then spoon into rice shell. Combine extra egg, evaporated milk, cheese, salt and pepper. Pour over the filling and baake [sic] for 30 mins. Serve hot with avocado, sour cream and paprika sprinkled on top. Garnish with parsley.
Serves 6

Source: contributed by Sheryl Jones in Burra Kindy Cookbook (Burra, 2002).
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