Beef Empanadas

Name: Beef Empanadas
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: South American
Ingredients: 500g shortcrust pastry; 400g beef mince; 1 onion, diced; 2 cloves garlic; 1 tsp cumin; 1 tsp smoked paprika; 1/2 tsp chilli; 2 hard-boiled eggs, chopped; 15 green olives, halved; 2 tbsp oil; oil for frying

South American fried beef empanadas with olives, egg and cumin. Letting the beef filling cool completely before it goes into the pastry stops the dough turning soggy and difficult to seal while you're crimping each empanada.

Total time

50 min

Prep

30 min

Cook

20 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

South American

Ingredients

500gshortcrust pastry

400gbeef mince

1onion, diced

2 clovesgarlic

1 tspcumin

1 tspsmoked paprika

1/2 tspchilli

2hard-boiled eggs, chopped

15green olives, halved

2 tbspoil

oilfor frying

Instructions

Fry onion, garlic and spices. Add beef. Cook 10 minutes. Cool.

Mix in eggs and olives.

Roll pastry, cut circles.

Fill each with beef, fold and crimp.

Deep-fry at 175°C for 4 minutes.

Drain and serve hot.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

992

Protein

37.2g

Fat

64g

Carbs

67g

Fiber

3.6g

Sodium

833mg

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