World Flavors Cookbook

Empanadas Criollas

Name: Empanadas Criollas
Cook time: 20 min
Cuisine: Uruguay
Ingredients: 12 empanada dough discs, 500g ground beef, 3 onions, 2 hard-boiled eggs, olives, raisins (optional), cumin, paprika

Traditional baked hand pies filled with savory ground beef, onions, olives, and hard-boiled eggs.

Cuisine: Uruguay

Ingredients

12 empanada dough discs, 500g ground beef, 3 onions, 2 hard-boiled eggs, olives, raisins (optional), cumin, paprika

Instructions

1. Sauté onions and beef with spices. Let cool. 2. Stir in chopped eggs and olives. 3. Fill the discs and seal with a "repulgue" (braid). 4. Bake at 200°C (400°F) until golden brown.