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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Caribbean >> Rest Caribbean

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. To prepare the pastry, sift the flour and salt into a bowl. | 2. Add the melted shortening and warm milk and water. | 3. Mix to a smooth dough and cut into 2 pieces. | 4. To prepare the filling, heat the oil in a frying pan, add the onion and garlic and fry for 5 minutes until soft and golden. | 5. Add the tomatoes, ground beef and salt. | 6. Simmer for 20 minutes until almost dry. | 7. Remove from the heat. | 8. Add the chopped parsley, egg, cheese and olives and mix well. | 9. To assemble pastries, roll out the pastry on a floured board to 1/8 inch thickness. | 10. Cut 12, 4 inch circles from each piece, 24 circles. | 11. Place 1 tablespoon filling on each circle and moisten around the edge with warm water. | 12. Fold over and seal the edges well. | 13. Deep fry in preheated 375f degree oil for 4 to 5 minutes until golden and crisp. | 14. Remove with slotted spoon and drain on absorbent paper towel. | 15. The pastries are also delicious cold and make good picnic fare. | 16. They may also be made without the ground beef. | 17. Variation to replace ground beef, use finely chopped ham, chopped chicken, or shrimp. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
flour	3	cups		1734.84	379.8162	28.203000000000003	6.7308
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
shortening	10	tablespoons		1131.52	0.0	0.0	128.0
milk	1/2	cup	mixed	276.0	6.648	2.748	28.608
hot water	1/2	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
oil	2	tablespoons		224.25599999999997	0.0	0.0717	25.4669
onion	1		chopped	64.0	14.944	1.76	0.16
garlic	1	clove	smashed	4.47	0.9918	0.1908	0.015
tomato	2		peeled seeded chopped	124.1379	27.5262	6.4768	1.0795
beef	1	lb	ground	898.1139999999999	0.0	88.0877	57.7424
salt	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
parsley	2	tablespoons	chopped	2.736	0.4811	0.2257	0.06
hard egg	1		hard-boiled chopped	-	-	-	-
mozzarella cheese	1/2	cup	chopped	-	-	-	-
green olive	8		chopped	-	-	-	-
oil				224.25599999999997	0.0	0.0717	25.4669

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