Photo shows the Regular dishSavoury Mince — Soft & Bite-Sized
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Soft, bite-sized savoury beef mince with tender vegetables and a clinging sauce; approximately 50 serves.
Ingredients
- 5-star low-fat beef mince 5250g
- Brown onions 1000g, peeled and finely diced
- Celery 750g, strings removed and finely diced
- Zucchini 750g, peeled and diced no larger than 1.5cm
- Carrots 750g, peeled and diced no larger than 1.5cm
- Fresh flat leaf parsley 2 bunches, stalks discarded, leaves puréed into sauce
- Tomato paste 200g
- Worcestershire sauce 50g
- Beef booster 100g
- Water 2000g
- Canola oil 40g
- Additional water as required for tender cooking
- Commercial food thickener as required, as per manufacturer's instructions
Final texture
Tender, moist pieces no larger than 1.5cm × 1.5cm, readily squashable and bound in sauce without separate thin liquid.
Sauce, gravy & liquid
Use the retained cooking sauce, reduced or thickened to cling to the mince and vegetables; no thin liquid may separate.
IDDSI Level 6 requirements
- Pieces no larger than 1.5cm × 1.5cm for adults.
- Squashes and changes shape under fork pressure and does not return to shape.
- Moist throughout; no thin liquid separating.
Preparation
Cooking
Texture modification
Serving & plating
IDDSI testing to perform
This dish can be served with a starch such as roast sweet potatoes or creamy mash potato. Garnish with chopped flat leaf parsley or basil.
IDDSI testing & verification
Level 6 — Soft & Bite-Sized. Saved on this device only until staff logins are added.
