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Beef and butternut squash bricks with parmesan, cucumber salad

Recipe by Norbert Tarayre

Use your leftovers to create crispy bricks filled with ground meat, butternut squash, mascarpone and parmesan, served with a cucumber salad spiced with tapenade and anchovies. A quick, tasty, zero-waste recipe.

EasyFrenchServes 4

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Source Video
19m
Prep
24m
Cook
10m
Cleanup
53m
Total

Cost Breakdown

$13.30
Total cost
$3.32
Per serving

Critical Success Points

  • Cook the meat until it is no longer pink
  • Properly seal the edges of the bricks to avoid filling leaks
  • Do not let the brick sheets soak too long in water

Safety Warnings

  • Be careful with hot oil when frying
  • Cook the meat through to avoid any health risk
  • Anchovies are very salty, adjust salt accordingly

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