Empanadas de Carne with Salad

Ingredients

Quantities are for one portion.

• 10 ggreen olives, sliced
• 20 mlolive oil
• 1red bell pepper, finely diced
• salt and pepper to taste
• 150 glean beef mince
• 1hard-boiled egg, chopped
• 1onion, finely diced
• 1 tspground cumin
• 15 mlred wine vinegar
• 1lettuce leaf, shredded
• 1tomato, sliced
• 100 gready-made empanada dough
• 1 tspsweet paprika

Method

1. Preheat the oven.
2. Heat half of the olive oil in a pan and cook the onion and bell pepper until soft. Add the beef mince and cook until completely browned.
3. Stir in the paprika, cumin, salt, and pepper. Remove from heat and mix in the boiled egg and sliced olives.
4. Spoon the beef mixture onto the empanada dough circles, then fold and seal the edges tightly.
5. Bake the empanadas until beautifully golden and crisp.
6. Toss the tomato and lettuce with the remaining olive oil, red wine vinegar, salt, and pepper to make a quick salad.
7. Serve the hot empanadas alongside the fresh salad.