Life All Travel Destinations Entertaining Food All Chefs Recipes Restaurants Wine Matching Wine All Wine 101 Wine News Wine Regions Wine Varietals Home > Selector Magazine > Food > Beef and olive empanadas Food Beef and olive empanadas Preparation time 20 minutes Cooking time 20 minutes Serves 20 INGREDIENTS 1 tbsp olive oil 1 brown onion, finely diced 1 red capsicum, deseeded and finely chopped 2 long red chilies, deseeded and finely chopped 500g beef mince 1 tsp ground cumin 1 tsp smoked paprika ¼ tsp cayenne pepper 1 tsp dried pepper flakes ½ cup flat-leaf parsley leaves, chopped 2 spring onions, finely chopped 1 cup pitted green olives, diced 5 sheets of puff pastry, defrosted 1 egg yolk, lightly beaten Pebre (pepper) sauce 1 large bunch coriander (including stalks), chopped ½ jalapeno chilli (or green chilli), chopped 2 garlic cloves, crushed ½ punnet cherry tomatoes chopped 2 limes, juiced 50ml vegetable oil Salt and pepper METHOD Pre-heat oven to 180°C for fan forced or 200°C conventional. Place a large frying pan over medium-high heat, add oil, add onion, cook for 3-5 minutes or until soft. Add capsicum and chillies, cook for a further 5 minutes or until soft. Increase heat to high, add mince, break up with a spatula and cook until a golden colour. Add spices. Simmer for 8-10 minutes. Cool slightly. Stir through parsley, spring onions and olives. Using a 10cm cutter, cut 4 circles out of each sheet of pastry. Place a tablespoon of filling on each round, lightly moisten the edge of the dough with a little water, and fold over into a half moon shape. Seal the edges and mark the dough in five places to make a striped decoration. Line a baking tray with baking paper. Arrange the empanadas on tray. Brush with egg yolk and bake for 20 minutes or until golden. Allow to cool for a few minutes before serving. Combine all ingredients for the pebre sauce in a bowl and serve with empanadas. Food Preparation time 20 minutes Cooking time 20 minutes Serves 20 SHARE