Ground Beef Empanadas (Picadillo)

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Total Time:
1 hr 30 min
Prep
10 min
Inactive
30 min
Cook
50 min
Yield:
8 empanadas
Level:
Easy
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Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 8 ounces ground beef chuck
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • Pinch freshly ground black pepper
  • 1/2 cup drained green pitted olives, chopped
  • 1/2 cup raisins
  • 1 carrot, peeled and finely chopped
  • 1/2 white onion, finely chopped
  • 1 cup canned tomato puree or sauce
  • Nonstick cooking spray, for greasing
  • One 1-pound package frozen puff pastry
  • All-purpose flour, for dusting
  • 2 large eggs, beaten with 1 tablespoon water

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Heat the oil in a heavy saute pan over medium-high heat. Add the ground beef chuck and cook until browned, about 7 minutes. Season with the salt and pepper. Add the olives, raisins, carrots and onions and saute for just a couple minutes until softened. Add the tomato puree and simmer for 10 minutes. Turn the heat off and cool to room temperature before filling the empanadas.

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. Add 2 tablespoons of the cooled beef mixture to the center of the square. Brush the edge of each square with some egg wash and fold to shape into triangles. Crimp the edges with a fork. Transfer the empanadas to the prepared baking sheet and brush them with the remaining egg wash. Bake until golden brown, about 25 minutes.

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  • on April 28, 2013

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    This is a GREAT recipe! I will be making this again and again! Delicious and easy for my toddler to chew, too. I would like to note that the directions are incomplete. There is no mention that *the second sheet of pastry needs to be cut just as the first sheet*. It is a little misleading as stated.

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  • on August 20, 2012

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    Yummy and easy comfort food. I added about 1/2 tsp. smoked paprika and a dash of cayenne. Delicious!

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