Beef Curry Empanada Recipe

Recipe by Cecille Esperanza
Ingredients: Makes 18 pieces
3 cups all purpose flour
¼ cup white sugar
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup shortening
1 teaspoon vinegar
10 teaspoons iced cold water
Oil, for deep frying

Procedures:

In a bowl combine flour, sugar and salt. Cut in shortening with two knives or pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
Gradually sprinkle vinegar and water over flour mixture and toss well with a fork jut until combined. With your hands, gather the dough and shape into a ball.
Place dough in a greased bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Chill about 30 minutes to 1 hour.
Meanwhile, make the filling and egg wash
When the dough is ready, divede into two balls. On a lightly floured surface, using a rolling pin, roll out dough into a ¼ inch thick circle.
With a lightly floured cookie cutter, cut out 3 to 4 inch circle of dough. Repeat process with remaining dough. Re roll scraps of the dough and cut cirlces of crush again.
Spoon about 2 tablespoons of the filling over each prepared dough circle. Fold the dough circle into a half moon shape to enclose the filling. Pinch or flute edges of the dough with a fork or pastry cutter to form an empanada.
Brush each empanada with egg wash.
In a deep fryer, heat oil and cook the empanadas for about 3 minutes or until golden in color. Drain on paper towels. Serve hot.

Ingredients: Filing
½ kilo whole beef tenderlion or sirloin
Salt and pepper, to taste
¼ cup butter
¼ kilo potatoes, boiled, peeled and mashed
1 teaspoon salt, or to taste
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
½ teaspoon curry powder, or to taste
½ cup cubed sweet ham
2 tablespoons green peas
½ cup raisins
¼ cup butter
2 tablespoons beef broth

Procedures:

Season beef with salt and pepper
In a skillet, melt ¼ cup butter. Saute beef in melted butter until brown on all sides. Remove from heat and slice the meat into thin strips.
In a bowl, combine meat with mashed potatoes, salt, pepper, curry powder, sweet ham, green peas, raisins and remaining ¼ cup butter. Add broth to moistedn the filling.

For the egg wash
1 egg, slightly beaten, mixed with
1 tablespoon water