Little Meat Empanadas: Empanadillas de Carne Recipe

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Little Meat Empanadas: Empanadillas de Carne
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Directions:

  1. Picadillo-filling:
  2. The beef should be thawed, if frozen, set aside. In a large saute pan, heat the oil. Add the onion, garlic, and pepper and saute. When they're soft, add the oregano, tomato sauce, raisins, and chopped olives. This should be at medium heat from now on. Add the ground beef.
  3. Pour the wine over the beef mixture and cover to cook through. Add salt and pepper, to taste. Once its almost cooked, uncover, and let dry up to a juicy but dry look to it.
  4. Never use if it is runny. That's the trick.
  5. Pastry:
  6. Sift the flour with the baking powder and the salt. Pour this into a large bowl. Pour in the rest of the ingredients. Work this with a fork, trying to bring together all the ingredients but never beating or mixing. Once it?s all together and not sticky...you're ready to make Empanadillas.
  7. ASSEMBLING THE EMPANADILLAS: Prepare your table by spreading some flour to keep the mixture from sticking. You will need a roller, a knife and a fork. Your filling should be at hand. Take a small amount of the flour mixture (a ball that can fit in your hand) and you roll it out in the shape of a plate to a thickness of about 1/8-inch.
  8. Take a spoonful of the filling and place it in the middle half of the pastry and fold the top over the filling to look like a half moon. Seal the inside of the pastry by wetting your fingers with water and rubbing the border of the half moon. Take a knife and cut a perfect pastry half-moon. Now take the fork and press down the borders of the circular shape to seal. Fry the half moon in hot oil.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 4551.79 Kcal (19057 kJ)
Calories from fat 1366.62 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 151.85g 234%
Cholesterol 712.3mg 237%
Sodium 2750.73mg 115%
Potassium 8780.76mg 187%
Total Carbs 620.29g 207%
Sugars 95.14g 381%
Dietary Fiber 24.48g 98%
Protein 172.03g 344%
Vitamin C 68.8mg 115%
Vitamin A 0.6mg 19%
Iron 1139.2mg 6329%
Calcium 3559.9mg 356%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 258.26 Kcal (1081 kJ)
Calories from fat 77.54 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 8.62g 234%
Cholesterol 40.42mg 237%
Sodium 156.07mg 115%
Potassium 498.21mg 187%
Total Carbs 35.19g 207%
Sugars 5.4g 381%
Dietary Fiber 1.39g 98%
Protein 9.76g 344%
Vitamin C 3.9mg 115%
Iron 64.6mg 6329%
Calcium 202mg 356%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 102.9
    Points
  • 120
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar,
  • High in Total Fat

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