Meat Empanadas

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 30
• 3 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 3 1/2 tablespoons finely rendered beef fat, chilled (pella)
• 1 egg, well beaten
• 3/4 cup cold water
• 1/2 lb ground beef
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 tablespoon sazon goya, with coriander and annatto
• 1/4 cup tomato sauce
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1/2 onion, diced
• 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon oregano
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1/2 teaspoon water

Recipe

• 1 for pastry:.
• 2 mix flour, salt, and baking powder. cut shortening into the flour mixture. mix egg and water well. add liquid mixture to flour and mix well using a fork.
• 3 for filling:.
• 4 in a skillet, heat oil on medium.
• 5 stir in beef and cook until browned.
• 6 stir in remaining ingredients. lower heat and simmer for 15 minutes or until mixture thickens.
• 7 heat oven to 400. move oven rack to top third of oven.
• 8 roll the dough thinly (1/8"). using a cookie cutter, makes as many rounds as possible. add about a tablespoon of filling in the middle of each round, fold in half. secure edges by pressing with a fork.
• 9 brush each half-round with the egg and water which have been beaten well.
• 10 place on a baking sheet well apart.
• 11 bake 25 minutes or until glolden and hollow-sounding when tapped.
• 12 cool on wire rack.