Empanadas
An Argentina dinner made with beef. Ready in about 1 hour 16 minutes. Difficulty: medium.
- 51 minPrep (about)
- 25 minCook (about)
- 1 hr 16 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- MediumDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
Main ingredient
- 13 oz ground beef
Fresh & other
- 13 oz all purpose flour
- 5 oz butter
- ⅓ cup + 2 ½ tsp water
- 2 onions
- 3 eggs
- 2 ⅔ oz green olives
Spices & seasonings (5): salt, cumin, paprika, salt, pepper
- ¾ tsp salt
- ¾ tsp cumin
- ¾ tsp paprika
- To taste salt
- To taste pepper
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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Make your Dough: Mix flour and salt in a big bowl.
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Add butter, using your fingers to blend in a crumbly texture.
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Gradually add water, mixing till a dough forms, wrap.
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Chill for 30 minutes.
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Prepare the Filling: Heat onions in a pan until see-through.
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Add ground beef, cooking until browned.
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Stir in spices.
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Take it off the heat.
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Wait until cooled.
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Mix in eggs and olives.
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Assemble: Roll out the dough.
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Cut into circles.
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Place a spoonful of filling in each.
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Fold over, and seal the edges.
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Heat: Cook in the oven at 400°F.
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Keep going for 20-25 minutes, until golden.
- Pro Tips
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For a flakier crust, mixed in a tablespoon of vinegar in the dough mixture.
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This helps prevent gluten formation.
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Seal your edges of your empanadas using a fork to ensure they don't open during baking or frying.
On the side: Green salad
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (10 min)
- Rinse the salad greens. Slice the cucumber.
- Put it all in a bowl and toss with the dressing just before eating.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.