EMPANADA (MEAT PIE)

      Title: EMPANADA (MEAT PIE)
  Categories: Hamburger, Mexican, Pies, Beef
       Yield: 5 Servings
  
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       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 lg Onion, Chopped
            Pastry Dough
  
   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 400øF oven until the crust is a golden brown
   
   Yields 5 meat pies
   
   Posted by Jodi Edmundson
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