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Empanadas de Picadillo
Mexican hand pies filled with spiced beef, raisins and olives — fried until golden and served with salsa.
Total time
65 min
Prep
45 min
Cook
20 min
Difficulty
medium
Cuisine
Mexican
Ingredients
400gplain flour
100glard or butter
1 tspsalt
150mlwarm water
300gbeef mince
1white onion, diced
2 clovesgarlic, minced
2ripe tomatoes, diced
50graisins
50ggreen olives, sliced
1 tspground cumin
1 tspsmoked paprika
500mloil for frying
Instructions
1
Make pastry by rubbing lard into flour and salt, add water to form smooth dough.
2
Rest 30 minutes.
3
Fry onion and garlic, add beef and brown well.
4
Add tomatoes, raisins, olives, cumin and paprika, cook until dry.
5
Roll pastry thin, cut into 15cm circles.
6
Fill each with beef mixture, fold and crimp edges to seal.
7
Fry at 170C for 4 minutes until golden, serve with salsa verde.
Nutrition (estimated)
Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.
Calories
638
Protein
31.3g
Fat
16.1g
Carbs
92.7g
Fiber
5.1g
Sodium
731mg
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