Deep-Fried Beef Empanadas

Pasteis (emapanadas) are great any time of day, but in my experience some of the best ones are sold at the farmers’ market in Ipanema for lunch, accompanied by a fresh cup of sugar cane juice. These pasteis are rectangular in shape and a lot larger than the versions generally made at home or in restaurants, and that is the version I am presenting here. While you can prepare your own pastry dough and roll it into thin discs, I suggest using shop-bought pastry discs - as is done