Easy Ground Beef Roll - cooking recipe

Ingredients

30 ml cooking oil
400 g ground beef
1 onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, crushed
salt
finely ground black pepper
30 ml chopped fresh parsley or 10 ml dried parsley
200 ml fruit chutney (There are some lovely bottled chutneys on the shelves nowadays)
500 ml self-raising flour (280g)
2 ml salt
5 ml sugar
30 g margarine or 30 g butter
125 ml grated cheddar cheese
1 egg
125 ml milk
beaten eggs or milk, to glaze

Preparation

FOR FILLING: Heat oil and fry bround beef until color changes. Add onion and garlic and saute for a few minutes. Season with salt, pepper and parsley.
Add chutney and leave to cool slightly.
FOR DOUGH: Sift flour, salt and sugar. Rub in margarine or butter and add cheese.
Beat egg and milk, add dry ingredients, and mix to a soft dough.
Roll out into into a 20cm x 30cm rectangle. Spoon meat evenly onto dough, roll up like a swiss roll and place on a greased baking tray. Make a few incisions in the roll and brush with beaten egg or milk.
Bake in pre-heated oven at 180C or 350F for 40-50 minutes or until browned.
TIP: If you wish, you could slice the roll before cooking and freeze the slices. Cook when needed.