# Beef Empanadas

This recipe shows how to make delicious beef empanadas using shop-bought puff pastry for a quicker and easier process.

- Servings: 4 servings
- Total time: 12 min
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 onion
- 1 head garlic
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 500 g beef mince
- 1 teaspoon chilli flakes
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 100 g green olives
- 2 boiled eggs
- 1 sheet puff pastry
- 1 egg
- 4 servings chimichurri

## Instructions

1. Finely chop onion and garlic. Sweat in a pan of hot olive oil until tender.
2. Add paprika, cinnamon and cumin. Stir. Cooking the spices intensifies the flavor.
3. Add beef mince to the pan, brown and season.
4. Add chilli flakes.
5. Add dried oregano, chopped green olives and chopped boiled eggs.
6. Mix through and set aside to cool.
7. Roll out puff pastry or use shop-bought. Cut into discs.
8. Spoon the mixture into one half of the disc leaving roughly a centimeter border around the edge.
9. Brush the edge of one half of the disc with egg and fold it over.
10. Crimp the edges with your fingers to seal and remove air pockets.
11. Cook in a medium oven until golden brown.
12. Serve with chimichurri, a spicy South American herb salsa.

## Equipment

- pan
- knife
- spoon
- rolling pin
- oven

## Source

- Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLKXD51XK0A
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/fd18c54e-c325-4824-bb00-4a7803a15259
- Extracted: 2025-03-17

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