EMPANADAS PAISAS (MEAT-FILLED TURNOVERS)
EMPANADAS PAISAS (MEAT-FILLED TURNOVERS). Alimento Base: Pork and beef, Filling: The night before, marinate the meat with the onions, scallions, salt, pepper and ground cumin seed. Cover the pan. The next day, brown the meat in the vegetable oil....
Ingredientes
- FILLING:
- 1/2 lb each of pork and beef
- 1 tsp each of onion and scallion chopped
- 1 tsp each of ground cumin seed and salt
- 1 dash of pepper
- 2 tsp vegetable oil
- 2 cup water
- 1/2 cup each of chopped onions and chopped scallions
- 4 small tomatoes peeled and chopped
- 1 lb 4 medium-sized potatoes, boiled with skin
- 1/2 tsp fresh cumin seed ground
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- DOUGH:
- 1 lb dry yellow corn
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tsp cornstarch
- 2 tsp brown sugar
Elaboración paso a paso
- Preparation
- Filling: The night before, marinate the meat with the onions, scallions, salt, pepper and ground cumin seed.
- Cover the pan. The next day, brown the meat in the vegetable oil.
- Then return the marinade and add water.
- Cook until meat is tender (40 min).
- Remove and grind meat.
- Save the water. Sauté the onions and scallions in the oil. Add the chopped tomatoes and fry an additional 3 or 4 minutes.
- Mix in the ground meat and meat stock and cook for about 10 minutes.
- Peel and mash the cooled, boiled potatoes and add them to the meat and vegetable mixture.
- Mix the salt, pepper and ground cumin seed into the meat and potato mixture.
- Dough: Apart, boil the dry yellow corn in sufficient water to cover the corn, for about half an hour.
- Put the cooked corn through a grinder.
- To the ground corn, add the salt, the cornstarch and the brown sugar.
- Knead the dough until it is thoroughly mixed and forma a firm ball.
- Pick off small pieces and form into the size of small balls.
- Flatten each piece thin.
- Put about 1 teaspoon of the meat mixture in the center of the flattened ball.
- Fold over and pinch edges together to close and form a pretty edge.
- Place in deep, hot vegetable oil and fry about 3 or 4 minutes until golden brown.
- Remove and put on paper towels in a colander.
- Serve immediately or reheat in a paper bag in the oven prior to using.
