AcMade homemade beef and bean empanadas. I baked half, pictured are the ones I fried. For the dough: La Herencia de las Viudas
She's making a sweet version, I just followed her dough technique. I used 250g local butter for the fat, made exactly as she did. I only rolled them out wiith my pin instead of the machine.
For the filling, I used a pound of 90% New Zealand grass fed beef that was on sale for $5. I guess it started with onions to fry in the pot, then a poblano pepper, garlic then a diced tomato, then tomato paste, then spices. I found some hatch green chili pepper powder at the co-op so I used that, salt&pepper, paprika, uhh.. oregano, coriander. I think that was all the spices. Added the beef to brown, then water to cover. The co op also sells dried seasoned refried beans in bulk, so I added 3/4 cup of that, oh and we have the dried new Mexican chili peppers, so i soaked them in water and immersion blended them with fresh water as well and added that in. Pretty liquid-y. So, I stood at the stove for 45 minutes, stirring constantly, letting it boil down so it would be thick. Added cilantro at the end with a bit of lime juice. Dumped it into a big bowl to cool. Edit to add at this point i also aded about a half cup of shredded cheddar and mixed it in to the filling mixture.
When the beef was cool i started stuffing and frying/baking. Used an egg wash to seal them (she uses condensed milk for her sweet version in the video). Served with guac and homemade hot sauce.
Family loved them. Good fun to make!
tight looking empanadas, well done
Thank you :D