Empanada(Meat Pie)

* Exported from MasterCook *

EMPANADA (MEAT PIE)

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Serving Size : 5 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Hamburger Mexican
Pies Beef

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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-----FILLING-----
1 lb Ground Beef
2 Garlic Cloves, Minced
2 Hard Boiled Eggs
Cold, Chopped
1/4 c Milk
Salt & Black Pepper
Raisins, To Taste
Green Olives, Chopped
1 pn Crushed Red Pepper
Cooking Oil
1 lg Onion, Chopped
Pastry Dough

Fry onions in cooking oil until soft. Add minced
garlic and brown lightly. Drain oil. Add ground beef
to onions and saute until meat turns a light brown.
Add chopped olives, eggs, salt and black pepper,
raisins, pinch of red pepper and milk. Allow to
simmer (uncovered) over low heat for 5 mins.

PASTRY DOUGH: Any good grade of commercial pie crust
mix will give satisfactory results -or- use your own
favorite recipe .... Roll out dough 1/8" thickness and
cut with a 5" cutter. Place meat filling on one side
of the dough. Fold the other side over the filling
and pinch the edges. Deep fry in hot cooking oil until
crisp and brown .. or .. bake in a 400øF oven until
the crust is a golden brown

Yields 5 meat pies

Posted by Jodi Edmundson



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