How to make Puff Puff with minced Meat filling?
Yes I have been off the radar for a bit. It does look like the end of year frenzy of work seems to have taken its toll a bit on me. I needed to take a social media break to energize and refresh. In the mean time, I have been planning and strategizing on what 2016 will look like. I see a lot of interesting stuff both online and offline.
But wait a minute Christmas is just a few days away and in my strategizing and planning I was almost going to miss out on the pre-Christmas excitement .
I have to go get me something today!
Hubby has promised to bring home a ‘native goat’, the type that ‘speaks’ Efik, so that when I am preparing Afia Efere or Ngwongwo or making dry Nigerian stew or even Asun it will understand and respond accordingly in the pot.
So besides the goat meat and the dishes I will make I will add some Potato salad, some cole slaw and my new creation Puff Puff with minced Meat filling.
My sister and her family will be over with some roast turkey and some other stuff. So it’s going to be quite some array and platter on my Christmas lunch table. What are you planning to cook for Christmas?
Whatever it is certainly this Puff Puff with minced meat Filling is going to be a winner with both adults and kids. You can actually make the minced meat balls a day before so that you are basically handling your puff puff mix and frying.
Did I say this dish will be stay on your Christmas table? Well not likely because it’s so good that everyone will scramble for it right off the colander.
Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Recipe for Puff Puff with minced Meat filling
Ingredients for the Puff Puff pastry
1 cup plain Flour
1 teaspoon Yeast
11/2 tablespoon Sugar
Pinch of Salt
1/2 teaspoon dry Pepper
1/2 teaspoon Ginger Powder
3/4 cup tepid warm water
Sausages
Oil for frying
Method
1. Mix flour, yeast, sugar and a pinch of salt in a bowl.
2. Add the water to the dry ingredients and mix to a smooth paste. The temperature of the water should be warm enough to be handled by a baby.
3. Cover the bowl with a kitchen napkin and leave in a warm place. The warmer the place the faster the paste will rise and double its size. Depending on the type and quality of the yeast, the paste will proof or rise within 30-45 minutes.
4. When dough has risen, add the ginger and dry pepper, mix well and pour paste into a tall cup.
5. Heat the oil till hot.
6. Dip the meat balls into the puff puff paste and coat each minced piece well and deep fry till brown. When puff puffs are frying swirl the skewers in the oil so the puff puff browns evenly. Drain off the fried product on kitchen paper in a colander.
How to make the Minced Meat Balls?
2 cups Minced Beef
1/4 Onion (chopped)
One Egg
Beef Seasoning to taste
1 teaspoon Dry Pepper
2 tablespoons fresh bread crumbs( to make at home grate 2 slices fresh bread)
1 clove Garlic (minced)
Pinch of Salt
1/2 cup Water
1 table spoon Parsley (chopped)
1 cooking spoon Vegetable Oil
About 12 skewers for frying the puff puff balls.
1. Mix the meat with beef seasoning, onion, garlic, parsley, bread crumbs 1/2 teaspoon pepper, pinch salt, 1/4 cup water, parsley and mix ingredients well into the meat. If using your hand to mix, wear rubber gloves or rub some oil on your hands before handling so the pepper does not sting the hands.
2. Mold the meat into balls about 20 small balls.
3. Heat 1 cooking spoon oil and brown the beef on all sides. Cover the frying pan lower the heat and allow the balls to cook for about 5 minutes . You may want to fry in two batches.
4. Allow the balls to cool, stick in the skewers, dip into the puff puff dough and fry.
5. Serve warm with tomato ketchup and Yaji powder or Suya pepper.
Tip: To reduce cooking time, you can make the minced meat balls a day before . You can also add other filling in the puff puff balls . See how I did this with my Puff puff sausage sticks
