Description
Learn how to make delicious and savory empanadas filled with seasoned ground beef, olives, and hard-boiled eggs, all wrapped in a flaky homemade crust.
Ingredients
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For the Dough:
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter, cold and cubed
- 1 egg
- â…“ cup ice water
- 1 tbsp white vinegar
For the Filling:
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- ½ lb ground beef
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- ½ tsp ground cumin
- ½ tsp smoked paprika
- ¼ tsp chili powder
- Salt and pepper to taste
- ¼ cup green olives, chopped
- 1 hard-boiled egg, chopped
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 tbsp water
- 1 egg, beaten (for egg wash)
Instructions
- Prepare the Dough: Whisk flour and salt, cut in butter, mix egg, water, and vinegar, combine wet and dry ingredients, knead, shape into a disk, refrigerate.
- Make the Filling: Sauté onion and garlic, brown ground beef, add spices, tomato paste, and water, simmer, add olives and egg.
- Assemble and Bake: Roll out dough, cut circles, fill with meat mixture, fold, crimp edges, brush with egg wash, bake at 375°F (190°C) until golden.
Notes
- You can substitute the beef with shredded chicken or vegetables for a different filling.
- Dough can be made a day in advance and kept chilled.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 empanada
- Calories: 210
- Sugar: 1 g
- Sodium: 230 mg
- Fat: 12 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 18 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 7 g
- Cholesterol: 35 mg
