Changes: Empanadas II

Latest revision as of 18:23, 1 March 2011

Description

Serves 6

Ingredients

Pastry

3 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
10 tablespoons butter, melted and cooled to lukewarm
½ cup milk mixed with about 2 tablespoons hot water (more or less water, depending on what's needed to form a firm, yet workable, dough)

Filling

2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
2 tomatoes, peeled, seeded and chopped
1 pound ground beef
½ teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons finely chopped parsley
1 hard-boiled egg, chopped
8 green olives, chopped
oil for frying

Directions

Pastry

Sift flour and salt into bowl.
Add butter and milk mixture.
Mix to form a smooth dough.
Cut into 2 pieces.
Cover and reserve.

Filling

Heat oil in frying pan.
Add onion.
Saute for about 5 minutes, or until soft and golden, adding garlic during last minute or so.
Add tomatoes, beef and salt.
Simmer 20 minutes until almost dry.
Remove from heat.
Add parsley, egg and mix well.
Roll out pastry on floured board to ⅛-inch thickness.
Cut 12 x 4-inch circles from each piece.
Place 1 teaspoon filling on each circle and moisten dough around edge with water.
Fold over and seal edges well.
Deep-fry in 375°F oil for 4 to 5 minutes until golden and crisp.
Remove with slotted spoon and drain on absorbent paper.

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+== Description ==
-{{Wikifiedrecipe}}
+* Serves 6
-==Description==
+== Ingredients ==
+=== Pastry ===
+* 3 cups [[flour]]
+* 1 teaspoon [[salt]]
+* 10 tablespoons [[butter]], melted and cooled to lukewarm
+* ½ cup [[milk]] mixed with about 2 tablespoons hot [[water]] (more or less [[water]], depending on what's needed to form a firm, yet workable, dough)
-==Ingredients==
+=== Filling ===
+* 2 tablespoons [[vegetable oil]]
+* 1 [[onion]], chopped
+* 1 clove [[garlic]], minced
+* 2 [[tomato]]es, peeled, seeded and chopped
+* 1 pound [[ground beef]]
+* ½ teaspoon [[salt]]
+* 2 tablespoons finely chopped [[parsley]]
+* 1 [[hard-boiled egg]], chopped
+* 8 [[green olive]]s, chopped
+* [[oil]] for frying
+== Directions ==
-Pastry:
+=== Pastry ===
+# Sift [[flour]] and [[salt]] into bowl.
+# Add [[butter]] and [[milk]] mixture.
+# Mix to form a smooth dough.
+# Cut into 2 pieces.
+# Cover and reserve.
+=== Filling ===
-# 3 cups [[flour]]
+# Heat [[oil]] in frying pan.
-# 1 teaspoon [[salt]]
+# Add [[onion]].
-# 10 tablespoons [[butter]], melted and cooled to lukewarm
+# Saute for about 5 minutes, or until soft and golden, adding [[garlic]] during last minute or so.
-# 1/2 cup [[milk]] mixed with about 2 tablespoons hot [[water]] (more or less [[water]], depending on what's needed to form a firm, yet workable, dough) Sift [[flour]] and [[salt]] into bowl. Add [[butter]] and [[milk]] mixture. Mix to form a smooth dough. Cut into 2 pieces. Cover and reserve.
+# Add [[tomato]]es, [[beef]] and [[salt]].
+# Simmer 20 minutes until almost dry.
+# Remove from heat.
+# Add [[parsley]], [[egg]] and mix well.
+# Roll out pastry on floured board to ⅛-inch thickness.
+# Cut 12 x 4-inch circles from each piece.
+# Place 1 teaspoon filling on each circle and moisten dough around edge with [[water]].
+# Fold over and seal edges well.
+# Deep-fry in 375°F [[oil]] for 4 to 5 minutes until golden and crisp.
+# Remove with slotted spoon and drain on absorbent paper.
+__NOTOC__
-Filling:
+[[Category:Tex-Mex Meat Dishes]]
-# 2 tablespoons [[vegetable oil]]
-# 1 [[Onion]], chopped
-# 1 [[clove garlic]], minced
-# 2 [[tomatoes]], peeled, seeded and chopped
-# 1 pound ground [[Beef]]
-# 1/2 teaspoon [[salt]]
-# 2 tablespoons finely chopped [[parsley]]
-# 1 hard-boiled [[egg]], chopped
-# 8 [[green olives]], chopped
-# [[oil]] for frying
-==Directions==
-To prepare filling, heat [[oil]] in frying pan. Add [[Onion]]. Saute for about 5 minutes, or until soft and golden, adding [[garlic]] during last minute or so. Add [[tomatoes]], [[Beef]] and [[salt]].
-Simmer 20 minutes until almost dry. Remove from heat. Add [[parsley]], [[egg]] and [[olives]].
-Mix well. Roll out pastry on floured board to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut 12 4-inch circles from each piece.
-Place 1 teaspoon filling on each circle and moisten dough around edge with [[water]].
-Fold over and seal edges well. Deep-fry in 375-degree [[oil]] for 4 to 5 minutes until golden and crisp.
-Remove with slotted spoon and drain on absorbent paper.
-Serves 6
-[[Category:Tex-Mex Recipes]]
 [[Category:Tex-Mex Snacks]]
-[[Category:Green olives Recipes]]
+[[Category:Ground beef Recipes]]
-[[Category:Black olive Recipes]]
+[[Category:Wheat flour Recipes]]
-[[Category:Beef Recipes]]
+[[Category:Milk and cream Recipes]]
+[[Category:Onion Recipes]]
+[[Category:Tomato Recipes]]
+[[Category:Hard-boiled egg Recipes]]
+[[Category:Green olive Recipes]]
 [[Category:Recipes that need photos]]