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Easy Empanadas




Source of Recipe


Bette Joyce Faulkner Fleming


Recipe Introduction


4 unbaked pie shells
1 ½ cup any filling



List of Ingredients




Curried Beef filling:
¾ pound ground beef
1 cup diced bamboo shoots
2 green onions, chopped’
2 tbs. curry powder
1 tsp. salt
1 tbs. oyster sauce
2 tbs. catsup
1 tbs. oil

Brown all and cool.
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Argentine Beef filling
• 2 lb. ground beef
• 1 large onion
• 2 tbs. vegetable oil
• 2 tbs. sugar
• 1 ½ tsp. black pepper
• 1 ½ tsp paprika
• 1 tsp salt
• ½ tsp ground cumin
• ½ tsp ground cinnamon
• ¼ tsp nutmeg
• ¼ tsp cloves
• ½ cup raisins
• diced boiled potatoes (optional)

Procedure
1.Dice onion into small pieces and sauté in vegetable oil in a large frying pan. Add and browned ground beef.
2.While beef is browning, mix in salt, sugar and spices.
3.Once meat has finished cooking, remove from heat and add raisins.
4.If desired add sliced olives, egg or potatoes.




Recipe



Cut 4 inch circles from pastry shells and spoon 1 heaping tsp. of filling on half circle. Fold in half and crimp the edges with a fork.

* For dessert empanadas sprinkle with granulated sugar.

Bake at 375 degrees F for 15 minutes or until golden.