Beef turnovers (empanadas)

Method9 steps

1. 1

   Step 1: Peel the Tropea red onion (50 g) and finely chop the 50 g required.

   Uses 50 g Tropea red onion

   
2. 2

   Step 2: Warm a little extra virgin olive oil in a frying pan. Add the chopped onion and cook, stirring, until softened and beginning to colour.

   Uses Extra virgin olive oil, a little for frying the onion · Chopped Tropea red onion

   
3. 3

   Step 3: Add the 300 g ground beef and break it into small pieces. Add a splash of white wine and cook, stirring, until the beef is cooked through and reaches 71.1°C in the centre of the mixture.

   Uses Softened onion and its frying oil · 300 g ground beef · White wine, a splash

   
4. 4

   Step 4: Remove the pan from the heat. Season the cooked beef and onion with cumin, paprika, salt and black pepper to taste; mix well.

   Uses Cooked ground beef and onion filling · Cumin, to taste · Paprika (pimentón), to taste · Salt, to taste · Black pepper, to taste

   
5. 5

   Step 5: Preheat the oven to 180°C. Roll out the ready-made puff pastry if needed and cut five circles about 10 cm across. Arrange them on a baking tray.

   Uses Ready-made puff pastry, enough for five circles about 10 cm across

   
6. 6

   Step 6: Divide the seasoned beef filling evenly among the five pastry circles, leaving the edges clear for sealing.

   Uses Seasoned cooked beef filling · Five prepared puff-pastry circles

   
7. 7

   Step 7: Fold each filled circle over into a crescent and press the edges together firmly to enclose the filling.

   Uses Five filled pastry circles

   
8. 8

   Step 8: Bake the sealed turnovers at 180°C for about 30 minutes, until the pastry is puffed, golden and baked through and the filling is hot.

   Bake beef turnovers · 30 minUses Five sealed meat turnovers

   
9. 9

   Step 9: Serve the five hot beef turnovers, dividing the batch between two people.

   Uses Five baked beef turnovers