GB-55
Recipes
Germany
Beef Fillet in Puff Pastry
Total cooking time:  approx. 34-41 minutes
Utensils:  Bowl with cover (2 l contents)
 
Casserole dish (approx. 26 cm long)
Ingredients
  300  g  Puff pastry, frozen
  1  tbsp  Butter or margarine
  150  g  Marbled bacon, diced
  4-5    Spring onions (150 g), sliced in rings
  300  g  Mushrooms, in slices,
 1 kg  Beef fillet
 1 tbsp Vegetable oil
  1  tbsp  Parsley, finely chopped
  1    Garlic clove, crushed
 1   Egg
   Salt
   Pepper
 1-2 tbsps  Milk
Preparation
1. Thaw the puff pastry according to package 
directions. Distribute butter in the bowl, add bacon, 
onions and mushrooms, cover and steam. Stir once 
during cooking.
4-6 Min.   100 P
  Drain the fluid.
2.  Wash the beef fillet, pat dry with paper towels, and 
rub with oil. Place onto the high rack and bake. Stir 
once during cooking.
15-17 Min.   30 P
3.  Mix the parsley and garlic clove with the steamed 
vegetables, season with salt and pepper.
4.  With a rolling pin, roll the puff pastry into a square 
(35 x 35 cm). Reserve some dough for garnish.
5.  Separate the egg. Baste the egg onto the edges of 
the dough, place half of the vegetable mixture on 
the center of the dough.
6.  Season the meat with salt and pepper and place on 
top of the vegetables. Evenly distribute the rest of 
the vegetable mixture on top of the meat. Fold the 
puff pastry over the meat-vegetable-mix and push 
the edges closed. Pierce the dough several times 
with a fork.
7.  Rinse the casserole dish with cold water, place the 
puff pastry into the casserole dish with the closed 
edge on the bottom.
8.  For garnish, cut out shapes from the rest of the puff 
pastry and decorate.
9.  Mix the egg yolk and milk, baste the dough with 
this mixture and bake on the low rack in the pre-
heated microwave oven.
15-18 Min.   50 P/230°C
 
After cooking, let the beef fillet in puff pastry stand for 
10 minutes.
China
Prawn Chili 
  Makes 2 servings
Total cooking time:  approx. 6-8 minutes
Utensils:  Bowl with cover (1 l contents) 
  Bowl with cover (2 l contents)
Ingredients
  6    Prawn (240 g without shell)
 45 ml  White wine
  2    Small leek (200 g)
  1-2    Chili pepper, hot
 20 g  Ginger
 1 tbsp Food starch
  2  tbsps  Vegetable oil (20 g)
  1½  tbsps  Soy sauce (20 ml)
 1 tbsp Sugar
 1 tbsp Vinegar
Preparation
1.  Wash the prawns. Remove the shell and tail. Cut 
the backside and remove the veins. Cut each prawn 
into 2 or 3 pieces. Place one shallow cut into each 
piece, so that the prawn won’t shrink. Place the 
prawn into a bowl, sprinkle with white wine, cover 
and marinate.
2.  Wash the leek and chili peppers, pat dry. Cut leek 
into 5 cm long pieces, cut chili peppers in half and 
remove seeds. Peel the ginger and cut into slices.
3.  Remove the prawn from the wine marinade, sprinkle 
with food starch.
4.  Put oil, leek, chili peppers and ginger slices into the 
bowl, cover and heat.
approx. 2 Min.   100 P
5.  Add the prawns. Season with soy sauce, sugar and 
vinegar, stir, cover and cook.
4-6 Min.   100 P
  After baking, let stand for about 1-2 minutes. Serve 
hot.
Meat, Fish and Poultry