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Milky and Cheesy Empanada

Classic Beef Empanada with a Nootrified Twist
Print Recipe
Prep Time 30 mins
Cook Time 1 hr 30 mins
Total Time 2 hrs
Course Snack
Cuisine Filipino, Mexican
Servings 15

Equipment

  • oven
  • Rolling Pin
  • rolling mat
  • pasty brush
  • fork
  • pan
  • stove
  • plastic wrap
  • 2 baking sheets
  • parchment paper

Ingredients
  

Beef filling

  • 250 g ground beef
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 white onion chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 tbsp tomato paste
  • 1 tsp oregano powder
  • 1 tsp cumin powder
  • ½ tsp paprika optional
  • ½ cup tomatoes chopped
  • 1 cup Kesoong Puti sliced or frozen then shredded
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • egg wash for brushing

Dough

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • ½ cup cold butter cubed
  • ¾ cup Calaboo full-cream milk
  • 1 egg

Instructions
 

Prepare dough

  • Mix dry ingredients in a bowl, ensure there are no lumps.
  • Add butter into the mixture and mix using your hands.
  • Add in milk and egg until a dough forms.
  • Knead the dough on a lightly floured mat (or any clean surface) until smooth.
  • Wrap and refrigerate for an hour.

Cooking beef filling

  • Once the dough is ready, line baking sheets with parchment paper and preheat oven to 204℃.
  • Heat olive oil in a pan over medium heat. Add onion then garlic after about 5 minutes.
  • After a minute, add beef. Cook until it's no longer pink.
  • Drain fat.
  • Stir tomato paste into the beef still over medium heat.
  • Add oregano, cumin, salt and pepper then mix thoroughly.
  • Add tomatoes and cook for about 3 minutes.
  • Turn off heat.
  • While the beef is cooling, place dough on a floured mat and divide in half.
  • Roll the dough until it's about as thick as Skyflakes crackers.
  • Cut out 4.5" rounds using either a cookie cutter or any round object you have. I used Nutella lid. Roll the scraps again to make more rounds.
  • Place filling in the center of each round. Top with Kesoong Puti
  • Moisten the edge of each round then fold the dough in half.
  • Use fork to crimp the edges together.
  • Brush with egg wash after placing empanadas on baking sheets.
  • Bake for 25 minutes.
Keyword Beef Empanada, Carabao Milk, Cheese, Empanada