World Flavors Cookbook

Pastel de Mandi'o

Paraguayan manioc pastry filled with ground beef — a savory, chewy, deeply satisfying street food made with manioc dough.

Cuisine: Paraguay

Ingredients

• For dough: 600g manioc (yuca), boiled and mashed; 2 eggs; salt
• For filling: 300g ground beef; 1 onion; tomato; garlic; cumin; parsley
• Oil for frying

Instructions

1. Boil manioc until very soft. Drain and mash until smooth.
2. Mix with eggs and salt.
3. Cook ground beef with onion, garlic, tomato, and cumin.
4. Take a ball of dough. Flatten.
5. Place filling in center.
6. Fold and press edges closed.
7. Fry in hot oil until golden.