Empanada (meat Pie) Recipe

+ 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 400F oven until the crust is a golden brown Yields 5 meat pies Posted by Jodi Edmundson