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EMPANADAS
makes about 24
1 medium chopped onion
1 teaspoon minced garlic
2 tablespoons
olive oil
1/2 pound ground beef
1/4 cup raisins
1 teaspoon tomato
paste
1 hard boiled egg
2 teaspoons chili powder
1 teaspoon flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper
1 pound puff
pastry dough
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Saute the onion and
garlic in butter. Do not brown. Stir in the ground chuck. Cook for 5 to 10
minutes. Add the tomato paste, chopped hard boiling egg, chili powder, flour,
salt and pepper. Cook mixture until is dry. Cool mixture. Roll out the puff
pastry to a thickness of 1/4 inch.
Using a 3-inch round cutter, cut out
circles of dough. Spoon 1 heaping teaspoonful of the cold meat mixture on one
side of the dough circles. Brush the edges of dough with beaten egg.
Fold
dough over the filling. Seal edges well. Brush with egg. Bake for about 15
minutes or until brown, or freeze uncooked turnovers.
