Murcian meat pie

Ingredients

• 500 g minced pork and beef
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, chopped
• 1 red bell pepper, chopped
• 1 green bell pepper, chopped
• 1 tomato, peeled and chopped
• 1 beaten egg
• 1 sheet puff pastry
• Pitted olives, chopped (optional)
• Olive oil
• Salt and ground black pepper

Step-by-step preparation

1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C.
2. Heat a little olive oil in a skillet and sauté the onion, garlic and red and green peppers until golden.
3. Add the chopped tomato and cook for a few more minutes.
4. Add the minced meat and cook over medium heat until browned.
5. If you like, add some chopped olives to the mixture.
6. Season with salt and pepper.
7. Place the sheet of puff pastry on a baking sheet, leaving a 1 cm border.
8. Spread the meat mixture evenly over the pastry.
9. Fold the edges of the pastry toward the center to form a rim.
10. Brush the edges with beaten egg.
11. Bake for 30–40 minutes, until the pastry is golden and crisp.
12. Let it cool a little before serving.