Empanadas De Picadillo
Hello Foodie Friends,
Have you tried empanadas? This is one of my favorite treats growing up. I like the flaky and delicate dough, light crunchy and stuffed with cheese or meat.
My favorite is the one with picadillo. This is ground beef, cooked with sofrito, raisins, spices and olives. Some recipes will have a piece of hard broiled eggs. The sofrito is the base for this picadillo, these are finely chopped, onions, garlic and bell peppers, cooked with olive oil and a teaspoon of tomato paste. Back home we used teh achiote (annato seed) to make the flavor and color to the picadillo.
To make this recipe easy to make, I used the empanadas dough from the store. I found that Goya brand has a puff pastry empanada dough that is so flaky and delish. You may find these empanadas dough at any latin market.
you start cooking the sofrito (combination of onions, bell peppers and garlic, cooked with tomatoes paste and spices). Then you add the ground beef and cook for about 10-15 minutes. Add the raisins and olives on the last 5 minutes of cooking. Set aside and let this cool for about 10- 15 minutes.
Once the picadillo is at room temperature, lay flat the empanada dough disks and place a spoonful of the picadillo in the center. Then to close, simply add a little water to ends and press, you can use a fork to press and seal, or make little rolls to seal the empanada, just like picture below.
Now it is time brush them with egg wash and bake them . Can't wait for them to come out of the oven!
Baked at 400 degrees for 15-20. You want to see the look lightly golden.
They are perfectly baked. Nice golden and flaky crust and a delicious meaty picadillo!
Here are the ingredients to make this latin savory treat.
My ingredients for this tasty recipe.
To start this recipe you need to cook the sofrito first. This is the base of the picadillo.
The picadillo is now ready to assemble the empanadas.
Here are the empanadas dough pastry, ready to be stuffed and bake.
Carefully seal the empanadas by making tiny folds on the edges.
Ready to Bake at 400 degress until golden.
They golden and look so crispy. Just perfect to enjoy with cafecito!
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Empanadas De Picadillo
Recipe details
- 12 servings
- Prep time: 10 Minutes Cook time: 30 Minutes Total time: 40 min
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