Beef Empanada

Traditionally the pastry is made from scratch but can be time consuming and store bought is still delicious.

This is a meal I love bulk making and freezes very well. My kids love them in their lunchboxes. If you find that there is extra pastry, choose your favourite gooey cheese (gruyere/fontina/mozzarella are great) and make some cheese empanadas, if you want to take it to the traditional method deep fry them, you won’t be disappointed.

Ingredients (makes 40 Empanadas)

1kg Beef Mince
8 Brown onions sliced
8 Garlic cloves minced
2tbl Cumin ground
3tbl Sweet Paprika
7 Hard boiled eggs sliced lengthways into 6 slices
10 Shortcrust Pastry sheets
1/4cup Sultanas
1/2cup Black spanish olives (whole or sliced)
Salt and Pepper
Egg Wash 1 egg whisked with 2tbl Milk

Method

Drizzle a generous amount of olive oil into a large pot and saut&eacute; onions and garlic on a very low heat. Note that you want the onions to sweat and release their sweet flavours rather than brown them crispy. Be patient as this can take some time and when the onions are nice and soft and starting to turn brown, they are done.
Add the minced meat and use a wooden spoon to break up, increase heat to medium
Once the mince starts to brown add in the ground cumin, sweet paprika and a good pinch of salt and pepper. Place a &frac14; cup of water and scrape all the flavours at the bottom of the pan. Lid on and cook for a further 15mins. Taste and season accordingly.
This mixture needs to cool completely before placing in the pastry (can be made a day ahead)
Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees Celsius (fan forced). Take pastry out of the freezer and take two sheets out at a time. Ensure that you cover the pastry that you are not using in a plastic bag to avoid the pastry drying out.
Cut the pastry into four squares and fill with a 2tbl of mixture. Every empanada has two sultanas, one olive and a slice of egg. Fold the pastry into a triangle and use a fork to seal. Brush with egg wash and bake till golden (15-20mins)

Notes

Serving: Empanadas can be served as an entrée with salsa/chimichurri or make a salad and enjoy it as a main meal.

71 Comments

- - Jessica Lyn said
  - 17 Oct 2022
    9:31 am
Will have to give these a try

- - MichiP82 said
  - 10 Oct 2022
    2:57 pm
Oh wow that sounds delicious, will give this a try very soon.

- - MummaKez said
  - 09 Oct 2022
    3:33 pm
I love empanadas! I wouldn’t add egg to mine as i don’t eat eggs but maybe mix with salsa and coriander for a mexican twist.

- - nadine_hill said
  - 08 Oct 2022
    10:13 pm
I’ve tried similar recipes with great results, so will definitely give this one a go!

- - mom466923 said
  - 05 Oct 2022
    8:29 pm
This looks delicious. I’ll have to try it.

- - TraceyGail said
  - 02 Oct 2022
    8:59 am
Something new to try that looks very tasty. I’ll have to give these a go.

- - mom103778 said
  - 02 Oct 2022
    8:30 am
Yum. I would love some of these now. They look delicious ????

- - RonnieDe said
  - 01 Oct 2022
    9:50 pm
Look delicious, reads yummy, thanks for sharing, will certainly give them a try.

- - mom486197 said
  - 01 Oct 2022
    2:27 pm
These look tasty, no way I would be making the pastry as I am time poor.

- - Julzie13 said
  - 29 Sep 2022
    8:07 pm
Sounds great aside from the olives.

- - Mumof4 said
  - 27 Sep 2022
    6:44 pm
I would leave some ingredients out but otherwise these sound tasty!
- mom111059 replied
  
  28 Sep 2022 , 10:11 am
  It’s good to make the recipe your own by adding your own ingredients.
- - sharna_booth_weinrowski said
  - 27 Sep 2022
    9:48 am
These look incredible to eat!

- - mum300445 said
  - 26 Sep 2022
    4:18 pm
These look so good! No way can I be bothered making my own pastry even though it’d taste better. I’ll be taking the shortcut for sure!

- - mom111059 said
  - 26 Sep 2022
    1:56 pm
Mmmmm this recipe looks delicious. Thanks for sharing.

- - smart_ass said
  - 26 Sep 2022
    11:09 am
Yum – thanks for sharing your recipe – love the addition of the hard boiled egg.

- - mom101628 said
  - 26 Sep 2022
    12:24 am
A lot of work, but a very satisfying result at the end. Thanks so much for sharing your recipe.

- - Jessica said
  - 25 Sep 2022
    1:24 pm
Ooh yum! I’ve never been game enough to try these so might give them a go now. Thanks for sharing!

- - KellyB said
  - 25 Sep 2022
    8:10 am
This looks like a nice tasty and simple recipe.

- - mom223151 said
  - 22 Sep 2022
    9:43 pm
Love them because they have the herbs I like as well as you can freeze to give when needed in a hurry.

- - My Little Buttons said
  - 20 Sep 2022
    5:29 pm
They look so good and a easy recipe to follow will be making these Beef Empanada asap