Ground Beef Empanadas (Picadillo)

Name: Ground Beef Empanadas (Picadillo)
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Spanish, European
Ingredients: 1 pinch Pinch freshly ground black pepper; 1 carrot, peeled and finely chopped; 2 larges eggs, beaten with 1 tablespoon water; 118 milliliters drained green pitted olives, chopped; 227 grams ground beef chuck; 454 grams package frozen puff pastry; 118 milliliters raisins; 1 teaspoons salt; 237 milliliters canned tomato puree or sauce; 1 Tbsp vegetable oil; 1 white onion, finely chopped

The recipe Ground Beef Empanadas (Picadillo) is ready in roughly 1 hour and 30 minutes and is definitely an amazing dairy free option for lovers of European food. This recipe serves 8. One serving contains 473 calories, 11g of protein, and 32g of fat. This recipe covers 13% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up pepper, salt, ground beef chuck, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

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Heat the oil in a heavy saute pan over medium-high heat.

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Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Add the ground beef chuck and cook until browned, about 7 minutes. Season with the salt and pepper.

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Ground Chuck

Salt And Pepper

Add the olives, raisins, carrots and onions and saute for just a couple minutes until softened.

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Carrot

Raisins

Olives

Onion

Add the tomato puree and simmer for 10 minutes. Turn the heat off and cool to room temperature before filling the empanadas.

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Tomato Puree

Grease a large baking sheet with some nonstick cooking spray. Unfold one sheet of puff pastry onto a lightly floured surface. Using a floured rolling pin, roll the pastry out to a 1/4- to 1/8-inch thickness. With a knife, cut out 4 equal squares measuring 4 1/2-by-5 1/2-inches.

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Puff Pastry Sheets

Roll

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Add 2 tablespoons of the cooled beef mixture to the center of the square.

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Beef

Brush the edge of each square with some egg wash and fold to shape into triangles. Crimp the edges with a fork.

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Egg

Transfer the empanadas to the prepared baking sheet and brush them with the remaining egg wash.

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Egg

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Bake until golden brown, about 25 minutes.

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Servings:

1pinch

Pinch freshly ground black pepper 1

carrot, peeled and finely chopped 2larges

eggs, beaten with 1 tablespoon water 118milliliters

drained green pitted olives, chopped 227grams

ground beef chuck 454grams

package frozen puff pastry 118milliliters

raisins 1teaspoons

salt 237milliliters

canned tomato puree or sauce 1Tbsp

vegetable oil 1

white onion, finely chopped

Recommended wine: Tempranillo, Albarino, Grenache

Spanish works really well with Tempranillo, Albarino, and Grenache. When pairing wine with Spanish dishes, why not follow the rule 'what grows together goes together'? We recommend albariño for white wine and garnachan and tempranillo for red. The Parador Tempranillo with a 4.1 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 40 dollars per bottle.