Empanada Recipe

Per request...



Empanadas

Filling:
1 1/2 lbs hamburger
4 hard-boiled eggs (chopped)
1 1/2 lbs onion (chopped)
1 can olives (chopped)
cubed cheese
garlic salt
parsley
hot red pepper
cumin
oregano
salt
pepper

Saute onions and hamburger together. Pour off liquid. Add seasonings to taste. (About a teaspoon of each- little extra cumin is how we like it.) Take off heat and add olives and eggs. Let cool.

Pastry:
6 cups flour
5 T. sugar
1 T. salt
1 cube margarine

Cut butter into dry mixture like pastry dough. Roll dough thin. Cut 3-4" circles, (like around the size of a shortening can lid.) Place a spoonful of filling in center with a piece of cheese. Wet 1/2 of the egde of the dough barely with water. (So it will stick together.) Fold over and pinch edges closed with a fork or fingers.

Cooking options:
Bake in pan at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.
Or
Deep fry only until light brown in oil 380-400 degrees.
Makes about 30 empanadas.

Can be refrigerated or frozen and reheated later, and they're just as good!