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Peruvian · PANTRYHOP RECIPE

Empanadas de carne al horno

60 minutes · 6 servings · omnivore

A common Peruvian baked snack, using ready-made dough for convenience.

Ingredients

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  • 12 rounds ready-made empanada dough rounds or pastry
  • 400 g ground beef
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 2 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
  • 1/4 cup raisins
  • 1 egg, beaten for brushing

Let’s make it

  1. Cook onion and garlic in oil, then add ground beef, salt, pepper, and cumin. Cook until the meat reaches 71 C/160 F. Stir in eggs and raisins.
  2. Cool the filling slightly. Fill each dough round and seal the edges.
  3. Brush with beaten egg and place on a baking sheet.
  4. Bake at 200 C/400 F for 18–20 minutes until golden.
  5. Cool a few minutes before serving.

Make smaller empanadas for little hands.

Cooking time varies with equipment and batch size. Follow school allergy rules for children’s meals; keep perishable lunches cold.

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