Recipes

Giant barbecue beef hamantaschen

A sharing size triangular treat that’s perfect for Purim parties

March 3, 2025 16:31
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Photo: Justyna Radon

ByDenise Phillips

1 min read

Cook: 40 minutes

Serves: 5-6

This is a fun main course for the Purim Seudah – a creative twist on the traditionally sweet cookies. If you can, make the beef filling a day in advance so that the meat has a chance to absorb the flavours. Serve with my BBQ sauce (recipe below). The matzah meal is key — when you leave the beef mince to marinade, it soaks up the natural juices from the meat and ensures that when you bake it, the pastry base does not go soggy.

Method

  • Combine the filling ingredients together. Set aside.
  • Roll out the pastry. Cut out a 30cm circle — use the lid of a frying pan or loose bottom from a cake tin with a 30cm diameter.
  • Place the filling in the centre of your pastry leaving a 2 cm border and seal in a triangular shape by pinching the corners together to hide the mixture. Make sure you pinch the pastry well so that the mixture does not leak out!
  • Glaze the pastry with beaten egg yolk, and sprinkle with poppy seeds and sesame seeds.
  • Bake for 35 to 40 minutes until golden.
  • For the BBQ sauce, combine all the ingredients and gently heat just before serving.

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Topics:

Purim food

Hamantaschen

Beef recipe

Meat recipe

Meat

Bake

Brunch

Ingredients

375g ready rolled puff pastry
Filling:
750g minced beef
1 onion, peeled and finely chopped
2 tbsp BBQ sauce
1 tbsp paprika / smoked paprika
2 tsp dried cumin
3 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
1 tbsp dried coriander
1 egg, lightly beaten
3 tbsp medium matzah meal
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Topping:
2 egg yolks, to glaze pastry
2 tbsp poppy seeds
2 tbsp sesame seeds
My BBQ Sauce
3 garlic cloves, peeled and chopped
2 tbsp red wine vinegar
3 tbsp brown sugar
60g honey
150g tomato ketchup
60ml soy sauce
60ml sesame oil
2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce