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





