Empanadas de Picadillo

Name: Empanadas de Picadillo
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 400g plain flour; 100g lard or butter; 1 tsp salt; 150ml warm water; 300g beef mince; 1 white onion, diced; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 2 ripe tomatoes, diced; 50g raisins; 50g green olives, sliced; 1 tsp ground cumin; 1 tsp smoked paprika; 500ml oil for frying

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

Make pastry by rubbing lard into flour and salt, add water to form smooth dough.

Rest 30 minutes.

Fry onion and garlic, add beef and brown well.

Add tomatoes, raisins, olives, cumin and paprika, cook until dry.

Roll pastry thin, cut into 15cm circles.

Fill each with beef mixture, fold and crimp edges to seal.

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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