Beef Empanadas

Name: Beef Empanadas
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 50 min
Cuisine: South American
Ingredients: 500g shortcrust pastry; 400g beef mince; 1 onion, diced; 2 cloves garlic; 1 tsp cumin; 1 tsp smoked paprika; 1/2 tsp chilli; 2 hard-boiled eggs, chopped; 15 green olives, halved; 2 tbsp oil; oil for frying

South American fried beef empanadas with olives, egg and cumin.

Total time

50 min

Prep

30 min

Cook

20 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

South American

Ingredients

500gshortcrust pastry

400gbeef mince

1onion, diced

2 clovesgarlic

1 tspcumin

1 tspsmoked paprika

1/2 tspchilli

2hard-boiled eggs, chopped

15green olives, halved

2 tbspoil

oilfor frying

Instructions

Fry onion, garlic and spices. Add beef. Cook 10 minutes. Cool.

Mix in eggs and olives.

Roll pastry, cut circles.

Fill each with beef, fold and crimp.

Deep-fry at 175°C for 4 minutes.

Drain and serve hot.