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Beef Empanadas (10 servings)

Fill homemade flour pastries with seasoned beef, potato, vegetables, peas, and stock, then bake them until golden.

$0.82per serving $
85 minstart to table
10servings

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Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp sea salt
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1/3 cup ice water (optional)
  • 1 russet potato
  • 3/4 lb 80/20 ground beef
  • 1/2 yellow onion
  • 1 carrot
  • 1 rib celery
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1/2 tsp chili powder
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp sea salt
  • 1/4 tsp freshly cracked black pepper
  • 1/2 cup frozen peas
  • 3/4 cup beef stock

Steps

  1. Mix the flour and salt in a bowl, cut in the butter, then stir in one egg and enough ice water to form dough.
  2. Knead the dough briefly, wrap it, and chill it for 20 minutes.
  3. Boil the diced potato in water for 10 minutes, then drain it.
  4. Cook the onion, carrot, celery, and garlic in a large skillet over medium heat for 5 minutes, then add the beef and cook until it reaches 160 F.
  5. Stir in the potato, chili powder, cumin, cinnamon, salt, pepper, peas, and stock, and simmer for 8 minutes until thickened.
  6. Heat the oven to 400 F, divide the dough into 10 pieces, fill and seal each piece, brush with the remaining beaten egg, and bake on a large baking sheet for 20 minutes.

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