Empanada (meat Pie) – We Love God!

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats, Eggs, Dairy	Mexican	Beef, Hamburger, Mexican, Pies	5	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	lb	Ground Beef
2		Garlic Cloves, Minced
2		Hard Boiled Eggs
		Cold, Chopped
1/4	c	Milk
		Salt & Black Pepper
		Raisins, To Taste
		Green Olives, Chopped
1	pn	Crushed Red Pepper
		Cooking Oil
1		Onion, Chopped
		Pastry Dough

INSTRUCTIONS

Fry onions in cooking oil until soft.  Add minced garlic and brown
lightly. Drain oil.  Add ground beef to onions and saute until meat
turns a light brown. Add chopped olives, eggs, salt and black pepper,
raisins, pinch of red pepper and milk.  Allow to simmer (uncovered)
over low heat for 5 mins.  PASTRY DOUGH: Any good grade of commercial
pie crust mix will give  satisfactory results -or- use your own
favorite recipe .... Roll out  dough 1/8" thickness and cut with a 5"
cutter. Place meat filling on  one side of the dough.  Fold the other
side over the filling and  pinch the edges. Deep fry in hot cooking oil
until crisp and brown ..  or .. bake in a 400Ã¸F oven until the crust
is a golden brown  Yields 5 meat pies  Posted by Jodi Edmundson  From
Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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