Pastel - A Brazilian Dish Easily Made at Home
- 300 grams Ground beef
- 1 clove Garlic (finely chopped)
- 1 tbsp Olive oil
- 1 dash Salt and pepper
- 100 grams Onions (finely chopped)
- 1 small Carrot (finely chopped)
- 2 tbsp Green olives (finely chopped)
- 2 tbsp Raisins (roughly chopped)
- 200 ml Tomato sauce (or tomato puree)
- 1 tsp Japanese Worcestershire-style sauce
- 1/4 tsp Cumin powder
- 1/2 tsp Oregano
- 1 tsp Soup stock granules
- 2 Boiled eggs
- 1 servings worth Bread dough (or pastry dough)
- 1 yolk + 1 teapoon Beaten egg
- Finely chop the onions, peel the carrot, and finely chop or use a cheese grater to grate the carrot.
- Heat the pan with olive oil, add the garlic, and once it's fragrant, add the ground beef.
- Lightly season with salt and pepper, and stir-fry until it becomes crumbly and it turns brown.
- Add the onions, carrot, chopped raisins, and green olives, and continue stir-frying.
- Pour in the tomato sauce and Japanese Worcestershire-style sauce, sprinkle in the soup stock granules, cumin, and oregano, and simmer over low heat for 10 minutes.
- Transfer the filling into a bowl to let it cool down.
- Once the bread dough (or pastry dough) has finished the 1st rising, roll it out into 10 cm diameter circles.
- Put 1 tablespoon of the cooled filling and a thinly sliced boiled egg on top of each portion of bread dough.
- Fold the dough into half, seal the edges like you're making gyoza dumplings, and press a fork around the borders to seal them up tightly.
- Brush the surface of the dough with the beaten egg, bake in the oven preheated to 180C for 15 minutes until nice and golden brown, and they're done.
- If you're able to find green olives stuffed with pimento, I strongly recommend you use them.
- You'll get much closer to the authentic taste!
- You can also make them using either 2 wonton skins or 2 spring roll wrappers.
- Put the filling on the 1st sheet of wrapper as shown in the photo, and lay the other wrapper on top.
- This are Brazilian-style fried wontons - it's the same filling wrapped with wonton skins and then deep-fried.
ground beef, clove garlic, olive oil, salt, onions, carrot, green olives, raisins, tomato sauce, sauce, cumin, oregano, granules, eggs, bread
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/157482-pastel-a-brazilian-dish-easily-made-at-home (may not work)