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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Caribbean >> Cuban

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Pastry: | 2. Combine flour and salt. Cut in lard (or shortening). | 3. Combine water with lemon juice (or vinegar) and yolks and mix well. | 4. Add to flour and, with your hands, form into a ball and chill for 30 minutes. | 5. Cut ball in half and roll into large thin 16 x 20-inch rectangle. | 6. Cut into 4 x 4 inch squares and chill until filling is ready. | 7. Filling: | 8. Heat oil in large skillet and brown beef well, 1/3 at a time. | 9. Add salt, pepper and cayenne to taste and remove from pan. | 10. Saute onions, garlic , pepper and chile until soft. | 11. Return meat and any juices to pan. | 12. Add tomatoes, raisins, and vinegar. | 13. Cook until meat is very tender,30 to 45 minute. | 14. Stir in olives and cook for another 10 minute. | 15. Cool to room temperature. | 16. Assembly: | 17. Place 2 to 3 tablespoons of filling in pastry squares. | 18. Fold over and seal. | 19. Trim any excess pastry but keep triangle shape. | 20. Mix egg and milk (or cream or water) for an egg wash and brush it onto the turnovers. Place on greased cookie sheets. | 21. Bake in preheated 375°F oven for 15 minutes until golden. | 22. Serve warm or at room temperature. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
flour	3	cups	unbleached	1093.68	80.4384	95.2812	52.038000000000004
salt	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
lard	1	cup		1849.1	0.0	0.0	205.0
cold water	3/4	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
lemon juice	1	tablespoon		3.355	1.0523	0.0534	0.0366
egg yolk	2			109.48	1.2206	5.3924	9.0236
annatto oil	2	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
beef	1	lb	ground ground	530.4012	0.0	104.5842	12.1947
salt	1 1/2	1/2		-	-	-	-
black pepper			grated	-	-	-	-
cayenne				-	-	-	-
onion	1	cup	chopped	64.0	14.944	1.76	0.16
garlic clove	3		minced	13.41	2.9754	0.5724	0.045
green bell pepper	1		chopped	-	-	-	-
jalapeno chile	1		chopped	-	-	-	-
tomato	4		peeled seeded chopped	248.2759	55.0525	12.9535	2.1589
raisin	1/4	cup		124.575	32.802	1.3984	0.1898
red wine	3	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
pimento olive	1	cup	stuffed chopped	-	-	-	-
egg	1		beaten	71.5	0.36	6.28	4.755
milk	1	tablespoon		9.15	0.7170000000000001	0.4725	0.4905

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