Empanadas

Name: Empanadas
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: Argentina
Ingredients: 500g plain flour; 125g cold lard or butter; 150ml warm water; 400g beef mince; 2 onions, diced; 2 tsp ground cumin; 1 tsp smoked paprika; 2 hard-boiled eggs, chopped; 50g green olives, sliced

Argentina

Arrived in Argentina with Spanish colonists from Galicia. Each province developed distinct fillings — Salta's spiced beef is most famous.

Argentina's beloved pastry parcels — flaky dough folded around spiced beef, olive and egg filling. Every province has its own version.

Prep

45 mins

Cook

25 mins

Difficulty

Medium

Calories

400 kcal

Serves

Calories are an estimate based on ingredients used

Ingredients

500gplain flour

125gcold lard or butter

150mlwarm water

400gbeef mince

2onions, diced

2 tspground cumin

1 tspsmoked paprika

2hard-boiled eggs, chopped

50ggreen olives, sliced

Method

Rub fat into flour and salt. Add water to form soft dough. Rest 30 minutes.

Brown beef with onion and spices until dry. Cool completely.

Mix in eggs and olives. Roll dough to 3mm and cut 15cm rounds.

Fill off-centre, fold over and crimp edges.

Bake 200C 20-25 minutes until golden.

Chef's Tip

The filling must be completely cold before filling or the dough steams from inside and becomes soggy.

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