Beef en Croute

Beef en Croute

Serves 2

Points plan: 15 points per recipe.

1 teaspoon sunflower oil
2 x 125g beef fillet steaks
2 large open cup mushrooms
25g dolcelatte cheese crumbled
15g fresh white breadcrumbs
4 sheets filo pastry
15g low fat spread, melted
salt and pepper

Heat oil in non stick pan and fry steaks 1 minute each side. Remove from pan.

Remove stalks from mushroom and set them aside. Add mushrooms to pan cup side down.

Chop the mushroom stalks very finely and mix them with the cheese, breadcrumbs and seasoning.  Pack this mixture into the cup of the mushrooms, pressing down well. place a mushroom, filled side down, on top of each steak.

Preheat the oven to Gas Mark 6 /200º C/ fan oven 180º C. Line a baking tray with non stick baking parchment.

Brush each sheet of filo pastry with the melted low fat spread and stack 2 sheets together, so you have 2 piles of pastry. Wrap each mushroom topped steak in a double layer of pastry and brush the surface with any remaining melted spread.

Bake in the oven for 20 minutes until the pastry is crisp and golden.