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Beef Empanadas
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
1
Fry onion, garlic and spices. Add beef. Cook 10 minutes. Cool.
2
Mix in eggs and olives.
3
Roll pastry, cut circles.
4
Fill each with beef, fold and crimp.
5
Deep-fry at 175°C for 4 minutes.
6
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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