Beef Empanadas

Name: Beef Empanadas
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Cuisine: Northern Europe
Ingredients: 1 red onion, finely diced; 1 serrano chilli, finely diced; Squeeze of lemon juice; 575 g plain flour; 1 tsp salt; 75 g chilled lard; 200-250 ml lukewarm water; 2 tbsp olive oil; 150 g onion, diced; 150 g red or green pepper, diced; 150 g red or green pepper, diced; 2 cloves of garlic, minced; 1 kg minced beef; 125 g green olives, sliced; 125 ml tinned tomatoes, blended; 125 g raisins; 75 ml dry sherry; 1 tbsp Henderson’s Relish; ½ tsp Tabasco sauce; ½ tsp ground cumin; ¼ tsp dried oregano

Preparation info

Makes:
40

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 5

Appears in

Strong and Northern

By Katie Fisher

Published 2019

About

Ingredients

For the Salsa

1 red onion, finely diced
1 serrano chilli, finely diced
Pinch of salt

Europe
United Kingdom
Main course

Method

For the Salsa

Half an hour before you want to serve the empanadas, combine all the ingredients to make the salsa and set aside.

For the Dough

Mix the flour and salt together in a bowl. Add the chilled lard and rub into the flour mixture using your fingers, a food processor or two round-bladed knives. Gen