Beef and Potato Knishes

Comforting golden, flaky pastries filled with savory shredded beef, mashed potatoes and onions.

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Ingredients:

  • 2 cups cooked or leftover shredded or ground beef
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 cup sliced onion
  • Salt and pepper, as desired
  • 1 cup prepared mashed potatoes
  • 4 ounces cream cheese
  • 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 sheet frozen puff pastry (1/2 package), thawed
  • 2 large eggs, beaten
  • 1 tablespoon everything bagel seasoning

Cooking:

  1. Heat butter in large nonstick skillet over medium-low heat until melted. Add onion; season with salt and pepper, as desired. Cook 5 to 7 minutes or until softened and onion begins to brown, stirring occasionally. Set aside to cool. 
  2. In a large bowl combine cooked beef, onion, potatoes, cream cheese and Worcestershire sauce. Mix together gently but thoroughly. Season with salt and pepper, as desired. 
  3. Preheat oven to 425°F degrees.  

    Using a rolling pin, roll puff pastry to a 12 x 9-inch rectangle and cut into 8 even squares. Place 1/4 cup beef mixture in center of each square. Pull edges around mixture, pinch to seal pastry closed. With your thumb make a dent in the middle of knish. Repeat with remaining pastry squares. Brush each knish with egg; sprinkle top with bagel seasoning. 
  4. Place knishes about 2-inches apart on parchment-lined shallow rimmed baking sheet. Bake in 425°F oven 20 to 25 minutes or until knishes are golden brown. Let rest 10 minutes before serving. 

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Bourbon Blueberry & Brie Bacon Cheeseburger

Brian Capps of Louisville, KY, has been crowned the 2021 Derby Burger Champion in the 10th Annual Derby Burger Challenge. Capps’ burger, made with 100% Kentucky Cattlemen’s ground beef is packed with flavor. The patty is topped with brie, thick-cut bacon, a blueberry bourbon sauce and arugula - all on a brioche bun.

Ingredients

  • 1 pound Kentucky Cattlemen’s Ground Beef
  • 4 Slices Bacon, thick sliced
  • 1/4 inch Sliced Brie Cheese, rind removed
  • 1 pint Fresh Blueberries
  • 1 Lemon, halved
  • 1/8 cup White Sugar
  • 2 tsp. Cornstarch
  • 1 1/2 tsp. Bourbon
  • 2 Brioche Buns
  • 2 Tbsp. Salted Butter
  • Arugula 
  • ¼ tsp. Kosher Salt
  • ¼ tsp. Black Pepper

Recipe

1. Form Two Patties and Set Aside.

2. Preheat your skillet over medium high heat. Add butter, and sliced buns. Cook until golden brown, set aside.

3. Salt and pepper both sides of the burger patty, cook over medium high heat. Cook until internal temperature of 160°F (USDA recommended), add cheese before taking off heat until melted.

4. Add blueberries, sugar, and lemon juice into a small pot. Cook on medium to low heat for 5-7 minutes, stirring occasionally. Mix cornstarch with water to make a slurry. Slowly add your slurry mixture to thicken blueberry sauce. Remove mixture from heat and stir in your bourbon.

5. Build your burger. Place your burger patty with melted cheese, cooked bacon, blueberry sauce on the bottom bun. Top the burger with arugula and add the top bun.

6. Enjoy!

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