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Recipe Argentine Meat Empanadas (Pie)
Home Cooking Recipes
Required Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 2 onions, chopped
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 2 teaspoons Hungarian sweet paprika
- 3/4 teaspoon hot paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 tablespoon distilled white vinegar
- 1/4 cup raisins
- 1/2 cup pitted green olives, chopped
- 2 hard-cooked eggs, chopped
- salt to taste
- 1 (17.5 ounce) package frozen puff pastry sheets, thawed
Preparing/Cooking:
- In a saute; pan melt the shortening and add the chopped onions.
- Cook the onions until just before they begin to turn golden.
- Remove from the heat and stir in the sweet paprika, hot paprika, crushed red pepper flakes and salt to taste.
- Spread the meat on a sieve and pour boiling water on it for partial cooking.
- Allow meat to cool.
- Place meat in a dish add salt to taste, cumin and vinegar.
- Mix and add the meat to the onion mixture.
- Mix well and place on a flat to dish to cool and harden.
- Cut puff pastry dough into 10 round shells.
- Place a spoonful of the meat mixture on each round; add some of the raisins, olives and hard boiled egg.
- Avoid reaching the edges of the pastry with the filling because its oiliness will prevent good sealing.
- Slightly wet the edge of the pastry, fold in two and stick edges together.
- The shape should resemble that of a half-moon.
- You should have a 2/3 to 1/2 inch flat edge of pastry to work with.
- Seal by twisting edge, step by step, between thumb and index finger, making sure to add pressure before releasing the pinch and moving on to the next curl.
- Other sealing procedures like pinching without curling or using a fork to seal will not prevent juice leaks during baking, and empanadas must be juicy.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
- Place empanadas on a parchment paper lined baking sheet.
- Be sure to prick each empanada with a fork near the curl to allow steam to escape during baking.
- Glaze with egg for shine and bake until golden, about 20 to 30 minutes.
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