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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Mexican >> Mexican

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. For the Dough; In a large bowl, combine flour and salt. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in the water, and knead until mixture forms a ball. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate for 1-4 hours or overnight. Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface, about 1/4 inch thick and cut out 3-6 inch circles (depending on how large you want your empanada to be). Set aside. | 2. For the Filling; Mix all of the filling ingredients(starting at olives) together in a large bowl and mix well. | 3. Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the meat mixture; cook, breaking up with a wooden spoon or spatula, until browned (about 4 minutes). Remove from heat. | 4. Assembling your empanada; Place 1 empanada disc between 2 pieces of wax paper(or one of those nifty dough press sets); roll out slightly to 7 inches. Place 1/3 cup filling in center of each empanada. Moisten edges; fold empanada over filling, and tightly crimp with a fork. Repeat with remaining empanadas. Transfer to a parchment paper-lined baking sheet and brush both sides with olive oil; bake until browned (12-15 minutes). | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
white flour	1 1/2	cups		867.42	189.9081	14.1015	3.3654
wheat flour	1	cup		408.0	86.36399999999999	15.852	3.0
salt	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
butter	1	cup	chilled diced	1368.0	62.856	42.744	115.2
cold water	1/2	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
olive oil	2 -3	tablespoons		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
black olive	1/4	cup	pitted sliced	-	-	-	-
meat beef	1	lb	ground used lean	648.6495	4.7628	49.2611	46.7209
tomato	1		crushed	62.068999999999996	13.7631	3.2384	0.5397
hard egg	4		diced boiled	-	-	-	-
garlic clove	2		minced	8.94	1.9836	0.3816	0.03
green onion	2		chopped	38.34	8.1508	1.3774	0.6674
optional spice				-	-	-	-
oregano	1	teaspoon	dried	2.65	0.6892	0.09	0.0428
coriander	1/2	teaspoon		0.0383	0.0061	0.0036	0.0009
cumin	1	teaspoon		7.875	0.929	0.374	0.4677
black pepper	1/2	teaspoon		2.8865	0.7354	0.1195	0.0375
cayenne	1/2	teaspoon		2.862	0.5097	0.1081	0.1554
chili powder	1	teaspoon		7.614	1.3419	0.3634	0.3856
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.