Picadillo Pockets

Name: Picadillo Pockets
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 312 grams refrigerated French bread dough; 1 large egg; 1 clove garlic, minced; 3 Tbsps golden raisins; 227 grams ground beef; 1 pinch Pinch of ground cinnamon; 4 servings Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper; 3 larges pimiento-stuffed olives, finely chopped; 1 shallot, finely chopped; 3 Tbsps chopped tomato; 1 Tbsp tomato paste; 2 teaspoons vegetable oil, plus more for brushing

Need a dairy free main course? Picadillo Pockets could be a super recipe to try. This recipe makes 4 servings with 425 calories, 17g of protein, and 17g of fat each. This recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have golden raisins, egg, pimiento-stuffed olives, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the egg you could follow this main course with the Rose Levy Beranbaum's Chocolate Tomato Cake with Mystery Ganache as a dessert.

Instructions

Heat the vegetable oil in a medium skillet over medium-high heat.

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Vegetable Oil

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Frying Pan

Add the shallot, garlic and cinnamon and cook, stirring, about 1 minute.

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Cinnamon

Shallot

Garlic

Add the beef, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and pepper to taste; cook, breaking up the meat with a wooden spoon, until browned, about 3 minutes.

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Pepper

Beef

Meat

Salt

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Wooden Spoon

Add the tomato paste, chopped tomato, raisins and olives and cook, stirring, 2 more minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Tomato Paste

Raisins

Olives

Tomato

Let the mixture cool completely.

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F and brush a baking sheet lightly with vegetable oil. On a floured surface, roll out the dough and fill the dinner pockets. Step-by-step directions.

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Dough

Roll

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Place the pockets seam-side down on the prepared baking sheet. Beat the egg and 1 tablespoon water in a small bowl; brush the pockets with the egg wash.

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Water