Burritos & Burrito Pie

I want to increase our intake of pulses AND ‘up’ our vegetable intake, so I made a big batch of delicious burrito ‘sauce’ with the view of having Beef & Bean Burritos on one day and Burrito Pie on another.  Both gluten and dairy free so we can all eat it!

They were both such a hit and it’s SO good to have a change from the bolognese sauce I end up making on a weekly basis.  I really do bore myself sometimes but get stuck in a rut. Well, a rut no more!

These would also work really well with no beef and a mix of black beans, black eyed peas and kidney beans instead…

Beef & Bean Burrito Sauce
Double up if you want enough for Burrito Pie too…(or triple up if there are a few of you!)

• 50ml Rice Bran Oil or Olive Oil
• 500g beef mince
• 400g canned chopped tomatoes
• 400g canned Black beans, drained and rinsed
• Red Pepper, chopped
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 beef stock cube crumbled
• 1tsp ground cumin
• 1tsp smoked paprika
• ½tsp cayenne pepper

You can also add sweetcorn and sneak spinach into this too 😉

What You Do:

• Frizzle the onions & garlic gently in the oil until soft
• Add the spices and cook slightly
• Brown the mince
• Add the rest of the ingredients and simmer for 30 minutes

Very Simple Guacamole

• Avocado (mashed)
• 1/4 red onion very finely chopped

Tomato Salsa

• 400g Tomatoes finely chopped (you should remove the seeds really but I never bother!)
• Handful of fresh coriander, finely chopped
• Juice of 1/2 fresh lime
• 1/4 red onion finely chopped

The kids love to put spoonfuls of each in wraps (I use Newburn Bakehouse Gluten Free Wraps by Warburtons), with cooked rice and shredded lettuce (I LOVE crispy baby gems and romaine). Grated cheese and sour cream would work really well too of course. 

Absolutely delicious!

Burrito Pie
Preheat oven to 200 degrees

• Burrito Sauce heated up in a large oven proof pot
• Potatoes, halved and boiled until cooked (quantity wise as you would do for mash)
• Using a normal knife, chop away at the cooked potatoes until you have lots of chunks
• Layer them on top of the sauce
• Drizzle all over with olive oil
• Bake in the oven until deliciously crispy!  Approximately 30 minutes

Serve with a vegetable you fancy at the time. e.g. tenderstem broccoli, or corn on the cob!

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You may also like to see other Free From Recipes including:

Courgette & Watercress Soup
Roast Beef tails
Thai Mince Lettuce Wraps
Churros

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