Beef Empanadas

Another recipe staring our premium quality minced beef, the versatility of this kitchen staple makes it the perfect beef product to freeze. Drop by and check out our value-packed bulk buy options!

Serves: 35

Ingredients 

• 1kg premium beef mince
• ¼ cup currants
• 10 sheets puff pastry
• 2 tsp garlic, diced fine
• 1 small onion, finely diced
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 2 tsp cayenne pepper
• 2 tsp smoked paprika
• Pinch of cinnamon
• 2 tsp tomato paste
• ½ cup roughly chopped parsley
• 3 eggs, hard-boiled and diced rough
• 1 Tbs olive oil
• 1 egg, lightly beaten

Method 

1. Preheat oven to 180C fan-forced
2. Over large frying pan cook onion in oil until golden. Add cumin, paprika, garlic, cayenne pepper and cinnamon and cook for another 2 minutes. Add beef and cook until it takes on a golden colour, breaking up the fibers as you cook. Add tomato paste, currants and simmer for 8 minutes. Finish by stirring through parsley, olives, eggs and season with salt and pepper.
3. Placing on a clean work surface, cut a 15cm circle in a sheet of puff pastry. Place a heaped Tbs of filling in the centre of the pastry and join the two sides in a half moon shape. Pinch the edges together with the end of a fork. Repeat the process and arrange on a lined baking tray.
4. Brush empanadas with a little egg and bake for 25-30 minutes or until pastry is golden and cooked through. Serve warm.

The majority of the ingredients in this recipe are available in our store, please head in to see us and we would be glad to help you put this delicious meal together.