Beef empanadas

Step 1 of 4

Boil the eggs in 700 g water for nine minutes, discard the water, peel and chop. Finely dice the onion. Slice the flank thinly across the grain, then cut into cubes no larger than 5 mm.

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16 min

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Ingredients

  • 600 gBeef, flank, steak, separable lean only, trimmed to 0" fat, choice, raw
  • 600 gPie crust, deep dish, frozen, unbaked, made with enriched flour
  • 30 gOlives, pickled, canned or bottled, green
  • 100 gEgg, whole, raw, fresh
  • 150 gOnions, raw
  • 20 gOil, olive, salad or cooking
  • 3 gSalt, table
  • 700 gBeverages, water, tap, drinking not counted – removed

Method

  1. Boil the eggs in 700 g water for nine minutes, discard the water, peel and chop. Finely dice the onion. Slice the flank thinly across the grain, then cut into cubes no larger than 5 mm.
  2. Fry onion and beef in oil at 175 °C for 10 minutes.
  3. Stir in olives, egg and salt; cool filling 5 minutes.
  4. Divide the pastry into twelve 50 g pieces and roll each to about 13 cm across. Put about 59 g cooled filling on each, fold, crimp the edges and bake on two trays at 200 °C for 20 minutes until golden.