Meat Empanadas
- Ready In:
- 1hr 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 16
- Serves:
-
30
ingredients
-
Pastry
- 3 1⁄3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 3 1⁄2 tablespoons finely rendered beef fat, chilled (pella)
- 1 egg, well beaten
- 3⁄4 cup cold water
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Filling
- 1⁄2 lb ground beef
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon sazon goya, with coriander and annatto
- 1⁄4 cup tomato sauce
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1⁄2 onion, diced
- 1⁄8 teaspoon black pepper
- 1⁄2 teaspoon oregano
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Glaze
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1⁄2 teaspoon water
directions
-
For pastry:
- Mix flour, salt, and baking powder. Cut shortening into the flour mixture. Mix egg and water well. Add liquid mixture to flour and mix well using a fork.
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For filling:
- In a skillet, heat oil on medium.
- Stir in beef and cook until browned.
- Stir in remaining ingredients. Lower heat and simmer for 15 minutes or until mixture thickens.
- Heat oven to 400. Move oven rack to top third of oven.
- Roll the dough thinly (1/8"). Using a cookie cutter, makes as many rounds as possible. Add about a tablespoon of filling in the middle of each round, fold in half. Secure edges by pressing with a fork.
- Brush each half-round with the egg and water which have been beaten well.
- Place on a baking sheet well apart.
- Bake 25 minutes or until glolden and hollow-sounding when tapped.
- Cool on wire rack.
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