For filler and flavor, add chopped herbs and soaked breadcrumbs. Minced garlic, fresh herbs, and dried spices flavor ground meat so effectively because they get mixed right into the center of the meat, unlike with a steak or roast, where the seasoning just sits on the surface.

A simple and easy weeknight meal, this savoury mince, made with minced beef, is tasty, versatile and a great recipe for batch cooking and freezing. Serve with roasties or creamy mashed potato for a comforting and filling dinner!

Dried herbs that taste particularly amazing with beef include:

• Rosemary.
• Oregano.
• Tarragon.
• Thyme.
• Bay leaves (for stew, curries and casseroles)

For a basic mince, it takes about 15 minutes to prepare the ingredients, and about 30 minutes total to cook. Is it better to boil or fry mince?

Instructions

1. Choose the meat cut you want to mince.
2. Cut meat into cubes about 1″ chunks.
3. Put the cubed meat in freezer and freeze for 15 minutes.
4. Put cubes of meat in food processor then process till meat is coarsely or finely minced depending on your preference.
5. Repeat step 4 with the remaining meat.

Roughly chop the parsley, mint, red pepper and garlic and then put in the food processor. Mix well. In a bowl, add to the mince meat and knead with your hands until thoroughly mixed. Add cumin and seasoning to taste.

Also, the onions would express water, which would lower the temperature to simmer or steam, preventing the beef from browning. For these reasons, it is common to sear or brown the ground (minced) meat, and then add the onions to cook through when it is done or nearly done.

You should always brown ground beef or any ground meat in a skillet before adding it to your slow cooker to prevent the meat from clumping up or from adding excess grease to your cooked dish.

Bring to boil, reduce to simmer and cover and cook for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. If mince needs thickening add a little cornflour (ie 1 tsp) in water to the mix to thicken. Serve on buttered toast or with rice or mashed potatoes and steam vegetables.

Savoury mince. 2 tablespoon olive oil. 1 onion, chopped. 2 clove garlic, crushed. 500 gram beef mince. 100 gram button mushrooms, sliced. 1 carrot, diced. 1 stalk celery, trimmed and diced.

This tasty old fashioned mince dish can be served on top of toast, a bed of rice or spooned into puff pastry to make pasties. The whole family will love this savoury mince recipe. Heat oil in a large saucepan, then add onion, celery and carrot and sauté for 5 minutes, or until softened. Add garlic and cook, stirring, for 30 seconds.

Heat the oil in a large frying pan on medium. Sauté onion and garlic for 2-3 minutes until the onion is tender. Add mince to the onion mixture and cook for 4-5 minutes until well browned, breaking up with a spoon as it cooks.