CHEESY TACO BRAID

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CHEESY TACO BRAID

This is fun to make using my Miracle Dough.  It is actually very easy and the results are tasty as can be.  Very filling and satiating meal!

 

Taco Meat Filling:

1/2 lb lean ground beef (227 g)

2 tbsp Taco seasoning (30 mL)

1/4 cup salsa (60 mL)

Miracle Dough:

2 cups grated Mozzarella cheese (500 mL)

  (grated, packaged is what I used)

2 tbsp butter (30 mL)

1 cup Gluten-Free Bake Mix 2, OR Keto Bake Mix, OR (250 mL)

  alternatives below

1 egg, fork beaten

1/4 tsp seasoning salt (1 mL)

Topping:

2 oz cream cheese (60 g)

Half a Roma Tomato, chopped

1/2 cup grated Mozzarella, OR Cheddar cheese (125 mL)

Egg yolk

 

Taco Meat Filling: In nonstick frying pan, fry ground beef over medium heat until browning.  Add Taco seasoning and salsa.  When meat is fully cooked, set aside to cool.

Miracle Dough:  In microwaveable bowl, place Mozzarella cheese and butter; nuke about 1 minute and 50 seconds until the cheese is molten.   Stir the butter into the cheese with a big wooden spoon or large fork. Pour Gluten-Free Bake Mix 2 on top of the molten cheese mixture and mix well.  If the dough is too sticky, mix in a little coconut flour or more bake mix.

Roll the dough out to 12 x 8-inch (30 x 20 cm) rectangle more or less.  Don’t roll it too thin though.  It should be a comfortable thickness.  Cut slits on either side, leaving enough room to place Taco Meat filling.  Top with cream cheese (broken up), chopped tomato and Mozzarella, OR Cheddar cheese. Take a strip of dough from one side and lay it over filling, take the strip from the opposite side and fold it over top, lightly pressing down to help the strips stick together.  Continue this all the way down the dough until it is completely folded over.  Fold up the ends and seal lightly.  Brush the dough with egg yolk.  Bake 20 minutes or until golden brown.  Turn in the oven at the 15-minute mark.  Top with sour cream, chopped tomato and fresh cilantro or parsley or chopped green onions for color. 

Helpful Hints:  Using the Keto Bake Mix, shaves off 1 gram net carbs. For another easy Grain-Free version, use a bake mix made up of 2 cups (500 mL) almond flour and 2/3 cup (150 mL) coconut flour.  You generally need 3/4 cup (175 mL) per 1 cup (250 mL) of bake mix.  Leftover bake mix can be frozen and used to “bread” eggplant, other vegetables, fish or chicken for frying in some olive oil in a pan.  The packaged Mozzarella cheese from Costco or PriceSmart (similar store in the tropics) works best and will yield the correct number of rolls.  You can also make these buns free hand, without using a food processor.  You may also use this Grain-free Bake mix.

Yield:  7 servings

1 serving

391.1 calories

24.1 g protein

29.8 g fat

0.3 g fiber

5.3 g net carbs


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