Cheese-Filled Beef Patties with White Wine and Almond Sauce

Beef Patties

• 2 ½ pieces sliced bread, dry, cut into pieces
  o bien 2 ½ dry bread rolls, cut into pieces
• 3 ½ oz carrot, cut into pieces (approx. 1 in.)
• 3 ½ oz white onions, quartered
• 2 celery stalks (approx. 4-4.5 oz), cut into pieces
• 16 oz ground veal, broken in pieces
  o bien 16 oz ground beef, broken in pieces
• 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
• 1 large egg
• 1 tsp salt
• ½ tsp ground black pepper
• 6 oz Manchego cheese, cubed (approx. 0.5 oz each)
• oil, to grease Varoma tray and dish

White Wine and Almond Sauce

• 5 oz almonds
• 1 oz white onion
• 1 garlic clove
• 1 oz salted butter
• 1 oz all-purpose flour
• 17 oz dry white wine
• 1 oz brandy
• 7 oz water
• 1 beef stock cube