Empanada Filling
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 cup water
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 large onion, diced
- 1 pound ground beef
- 12 pitted kalamata olives, diced
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 3 hard-cooked eggs, chopped
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
- Stir flour into water in a small bowl until dissolved.
- Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat and saute onion in oil until softened, about 5 minutes; add ground beef, olives, cumin, and paprika. Cook and stir the beef mixture until the beef is completely browned, 7 to 10 minutes.
- Pour flour-water mixture into the beef and stir to coat evenly. Add raisins, stir, and cook until the raisins are plump, about 5 minutes. Fold eggs into the beef mixture; season with salt and pepper. Set aside to cool before using to fill empanadas.
flour, water, olive oil, onion, ground beef, olives, ground cumin, paprika, raisins, eggs, salt
Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/236495/empanada-filling/ (may not work)