Beef empanadas

Ideal as part of a picnic or tucked into lunchboxes, these Mexican hand pies are delicious

Beef empanadas

SERVES

12

PEOPLE

PREP TIME

60

MINUTES

COOKING TIME

40

MINUTES

Ingredients

  • For the pastry:
  • 490g plain flour

  • ½ a tsp sea salt, sieved

  • 2 tsp baking powder, sieved

  • 150g cold butter cubed

  • For the filling:

  • a dash of rapeseed oil

  • 1 small onion, finely diced

  • 4 cloves of garlic, finely chopped

  • 1 red chilli, finely chopped

  • ½ a small red pepper, seeds removed, and flesh finely diced

  • 400g minced beef

  • 4 tsp smoked paprika

  • 1 tsp ground cumin

  • ½ tsp cracked black pepper

  • 1 tbs tomato purée

  • 20g olives, de-stoned and chopped

  • 100ml stock, preferably beef stock

  • To decorate:

  • 1 egg, beaten

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