Minced meat pie, macaroni with minced meat, minced meat roll, peppers and stuffed aubergines, lasagna, cannelloni, Bolognese sauce … Here are the most wanted minced meat recipes and, below, all the keys to make it work for you juicier and healthier.

Minced meat and potato pie

One of the most sought after recipes with mincemeat is Mince Pie with Mashed Potato. We especially love this version for 4 people because it is super easy and you can have it ready in half an hour or so.

Step by Step

Wash 3 tomatoes and cut them in half. Peel 1 onion and 1 clove of garlic. Grate all three, separately. Sauté the last two 7 minutes in a pan with 2 tablespoons of oil.
Add 600 g of minced meat, salt and pepper and continue cooking until browned. Add the tomato and sauté for 10 more minutes.
Peel and wash 4 potatoes, chop them and cook them for 15 minutes in salty water. Pass them through the food processor and add ½ glass of milk, a pinch of nutmeg, salt and pepper.
Spread the meat mixture in a baking dish and cover it with the mashed potato. Sprinkle the surface with 100 g of grated cheese and gratin under the oven grill until golden brown.
Add 1 pinch of paprika and serve immediately.

Good idea. Mix the meat with some chopped green olives or with a handful of raisins. It will be delicious!

Minced meat roll with tomato jam

Among the infinite minced meat roll recipes, in CLARA we choose this one because it is super easy and with the tomato jam it is exquisite.

Step by Step

Wash and chop 1 kg of tomato. Cook them for 45 minutes with 200 g of sugar and the juice of 1 lemon, stirring from time to time. Remove, crush, let it cool and set it aside.
Peel and chop 1 onion. Beat 2 eggs in a bowl and mix them with 750 g of minced meat (half beef and half pork), 1 peeled and chopped onion, two washed and chopped parsley sprigs, and 100 g of breadcrumbs.
Brush a long baking dish with oil and fill it with the minced meat mixture; press it lightly. Bake for 45 minutes in the oven preheated to 180 °, remove and let it rest for 10 minutes before unmolding.

Serve it covered with tomato jam and accompanied with mashed potato cakes, which you can make with a pastry bag and bake for 10 minutes at 200º so that they are golden brown.

Minced meat cannelloni

Minced meat does not always have to be pork or beef. These cannelloni, for example, are made from minced chicken meat and are the easy Christmas recipes to surprise your guests.

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Macaroni with minced meat

Macaroni with minced meat and tomato sauce is one of those dishes that are never lacking in children's menus but that many adults also secretly love. For me, personally, I am transported to my childhood and I need to indulge myself from time to time to remember it. And if you make them with a lot of love and a special touch, like these, it doesn't have to be such a basic dish.

Step by Step

Peel 2 onions and 1 clove of garlic and chop them finely. Clean 100 g of bacon by removing the crust and the lambs and cut it into strips. Grate 80 g of soft cheese.
Heat oil in a frying pan and sauté the onion and garlic for about 8 minutes, stirring from time to time. Add the bacon and 150 g of minced pork and sauté for another 2 minutes.
Add 300 ml of crushed tomato and sauté for 15 more minutes. Pour in 200 ml of liquid cream, season with salt, pepper and a pinch of nutmeg, and cook for another 2 minutes.
Cook 350 g of macaroni in a saucepan with plenty of salted water according to the manufacturer's instructions. Drain, mix with the sauce and place in a platter or four oven-safe plates.
Sprinkle with the grated cheese and gratin under the oven grill for 3 to 4 minutes, until the surface is golden brown.
Garnish with fresh washed thyme leaves and serve hot.

If you want a lighter version, skip the bacon and use minced chicken meat, which is leaner than pork.

Minced meat pie

Empanadas are one of the stars of the kitchen of use. They can be filled with practically any fresh or cooked food that you find in the fridge and want to spend so that it does not spoil. This one, for 8 servings, we make it with minced meat and blood sausage, and yes, it's true, it's a bit bomb (but from time to time you want to go overboard …).

Step by Step

Peel 1 onion and grate it; Cook for 10 minutes in a pan with a drizzle of oil.
Salt and pepper 350 g of minced meat (half pork, half beef) and remove the skin ½ onion black pudding; crumble it and add it to the onion along with the meat.
Mix and cook until it changes color; add 25 g of pine nuts and add them; stir, remove and let it temper.
Lay a round sheet of puff pastry on the plate, pierce it several times and put the filling on top; cover with the other sheet, trim the edges and set them aside.
Seal everything around, so that both layers stick together; form balls with the reserved edges and decorate the surface of the pie with them.
Paint with beaten egg, bake for 30 minutes at 180 ° and serve.

To lighten it, you can substitute the blood sausage and part of the minced meat for a ratatouille or a stir-fry of vegetables and hard-boiled egg, which are not so caloric and are also very rich.

Pumpkin stuffed with bolognese

Another vegetable that is also well filled with minced meat is pumpkin. So if you like recipes with pumpkin, this one with a filling inspired by the Bolognese sauce will delight you.

Step by Step

Preheat the oven to 180º, put some small pumpkins on the plate, cover and roast for 25 minutes.
Sauté chopped onion and carrot. Add minced meat and fry it.
Add crushed tomato, a pinch of sugar, salt and pepper. Let it cook for about 20 minutes and add salt and pepper.
Take the pumpkins out of the oven and let them rest. Cut them in half, remove the seeds and fill them with the Bolognese.
Cover with grated cheese and gratin until golden brown.

Spaghetti Bolognese

Speaking of Bolognese, you could not miss spaghetti Bolognese, the Italian sauce with tomato and minced meat as the main ingredients.

Step by Step

Peel and chop 2 onions and 2 garlic. Wash a sprig of parsley and chop it finely.
Sauté 400 g of minced pork in a frying pan with three tablespoons of oil until browned. Salt and pepper and reserve.
Add two more tablespoons of oil to the pan and sauté the onion until transparent. Add the garlic, cook for 1 minute and add the minced meat to the pan again.
Add 1 glass of fried tomato, a little butter and 1 tablespoon of sugar. Cook 10 minutes and sprinkle with the parsley.
Cook 350 g of spaghetti in boiling salted water for the time specified by the manufacturer. Drain them and then grease them with a little olive oil or butter.
At the last minute, mix the pasta with the hot sauce, sprinkle with grated cheese, and serve right away.

To enrich the Bolognese sauce, add vegetables such as carrots, leeks or peppers, or sautéed mushrooms to the sauce.

Peppers stuffed with minced meat

If what you are looking for is the typical recipe for peppers stuffed with minced meat, here it is.

Step by Step

Sauté 1 onion, peeled and chopped in 3 tablespoons of oil. Add 1 garlic, peeled and minced, and the meat, and sauté for 4 to 5 minutes.
Salt and pepper, add 1 tablespoon flour and mix. Pour ½ glass of milk, in a thread, and cook 5 more minutes, stirring. Remove from the fire and let cool.
Sauté another onion, peeled and chopped in 3 tablespoons of oil, 5 minutes. Add another clove of garlic, peeled and minced and 4 piquillo peppers, drained and minced.
Add a splash of wine (if you wish), cook 2 minutes and add a few tablespoons of water; salt and pepper and mash.
Fill 12 peppers (3 per person) with this preparation, close them with a toothpick and heat them for a moment with the sauce.

Do not overfill the peppers to be able to close them with toothpicks so they do not break.

Stuffed artichokes

In the recipes with minced meat, stuffed artichokes could not be missing, another classic of gastronomy that you can make directly or in a safe food plan, that is, taking advantage of the leftovers from other stews.

Step by Step

Clean and wash the artichokes. Cook them in salted water for 20 minutes, drain them and empty the inside with a teaspoon.
Make an onion and garlic sauce, add minced meat, season to taste, add crushed tomato, and cook.
Fill the artichokes with the mixture, put them in an ovenproof dish, sprinkle with grated cheese, and gratin at 180 ° until golden brown.

You can also fill them with fresh cheese, walnuts, pine nuts, garlic and aromatics. Discover more recipes with artichokes that give a lot of play.

Pineapple mince burgers

And of course we have not forgotten hamburgers, the most popular dish in minced meat recipes. We have done this in a tropical plan, with pineapple and barbecue sauce.

Step by Step

Peel 1 garlic and wash 1 sprig of parsley; Chop and mix with 700 g of minced beef, 1 egg, salt and pepper.
Form 4 hamburgers and grill them, together with 4 pineapple slices, on the grill greased with oil.
Arrange them in 4 buns and add slices of red onion and some arugula leaves.

You can accompany it with barbecue sauce or one of our light sauces and vinaigrettes.

Tricks to make minced meat healthier and juicier

Skip the packaged minced meat, in which you don't control what it actually takes, and ask the butcher to chop it expressly and in front of you.
If you want it to be softer and juicier, mix the most potent meats with pork or turkey or chicken.
For hamburgers or meatballs, it is not necessary that it be very minced, it is enough that they pass it once through the mincer.
For a filling, roll, meatloaf or Bolognese sauce, better chop it a couple of times.
In the fridge, you have to keep it in an airtight container and not more than a couple of days.
And frozen ground beef holds you well for about 3 months.

Which pieces of meat are the most suitable

If it's beef, choose cuts with bacon, which are more tender: marlin, yearling, shoulder or skirt.
If it's pork, opt for lean or shoulder.
If it is chicken or turkey, the most indicated is the skinless breast (the packaged usually carries it).
If it's lamb, choose the shoulder and leg.

Be very careful with packaged minced meat

It can have other ingredients (cereals, spices, additives, colorings …) that make it into the list of bad ultra-processed foods. And it is not recommended for the health of the planet either because it is usually packaged in plastic containers, totally expendable.