Easy Homemade Sourdough Beef Empanadas Recipe

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By Kristen

This kid’s favorite, easy homemade sourdough beef empanadas recipe, also known as hand pies or a puff pastry, is an ideal snack, appetizer, or main dish! The unique sourdough homemade dough adds a delicious twist to your traditional empanadas. 

A Few Notes:

Below is a list of the main vegetables we use, but we have also used diced bell peppers, celery, green beans, and corn, so the list below is not exhaustive for your beef filling.

Feel free to replace the separate vegetables with a bag of frozen mixed vegetables. I typically use 1 – 1½ cups of frozen vegetables when using the mixed vegetable bag.

If you have leftover filling, you can make more dough like we often do, or use the filling for another meal the next day!

What You’ll Need

Beef Filling:

• 1/2-1 pound ground beef
• ½ cup diced carrots
• 2 large diced potatoes
• ½ diced onion
• 1/3 cup frozen or canned peas
• 2 tablespoon ketchup or tomato sauce or tomato paste
• 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1½ teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon pepper

Dough:

• 1 stick of cold butter (cubed)
• 1 large egg
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup sourdough discard
• 3 cups organic, unbleached all-purpose flour
• ½ cup filtered water

EQUIPMENT NEEDED

• food processer or work by hand
• measuring cup and spoons
• parchment paper
• rolling pin

INSTRUCTIONS

• Dice up your onion, garlic, carrots, and potatoes.
• Heat a pan with your oil on medium heat. Brown your beef, then add your diced veggies, ketchup (or tomato sauce/tomato paste), Worcestershire, chili powder, cumin, cinnamon, salt, and pepper. Cook and gently stir until the vegetables are tender, then add any frozen veggies. Allow your beef filling to simmer on low and covered while preparing your dough. Remove from the heat for a few minutes before filling your dough.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees

• In a food processor (or by hand), combine flour, salt, and cubed cold butter and pulse until combined. Add your egg, water, and sourdough discard, and pulse until it comes together. Remove your dough and form a dough ball with your hands. If working by hand, cut your butter into smaller pieces and work really well into the dough by pinching and breaking it apart in the dough or with a pastry cutter. Then, work the whole mixture into a dough ball.
• Transfer to a lightly floured surface.
• Lightly dust your dough with flour and cover with parchment paper. Begin rolling out your dough into a rectangle.

• Using a large round pastry cutter, large bowl, or large cup, make 6-8 inch circles with your dough. I often roll the dough out a little more once my circles are made.

• Begin to spoon 1-2 tablespoons of your meat filling into your premade empanada dough. Fold your dough over and seal the edges by pressing a fork into the dough or by twisting the dough together from one end to the other. Finally, brush the tops of the empanadas with egg wash. Continue to roll out your dough and repeat this process with the remaining dough.

• Place your baking tray with sourdough empanadas in your preheated oven and bake for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for 5-10 minutes before serving – insides will still be hot.

How to Store Your Easy Homemade Sourdough Beef Empanadas

Store in an airtight container or a container covered with plastic wrap in the refrigerator.

Easy Homemade Sourdough Beef Empanadas Recipe

This easy homemade sourdough beef empanadas recipe, also known as hand pies or a puff pastry, is an ideal snack, appetizer, or main dish!

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Prep Time 35 minutes mins

Cook Time 30 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr

Course Appetizer, Cook From Scratch, Main Course, Snack

Equipment

• food processer
• measuring cup and spoons
• Parchment Paper
• Rolling Pin

Ingredients

  

Beef Filling

• 1 pound ground beef
• ½ cup diced carrots
• 2 large diced potatoes
• ½ diced onion
• ⅓ cup frozen or canned peas
• 2 tablespoon ketchup or tomato sauce
• 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1½ teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon pepper

Dough

• 1 stick of cold butter cubed
• 1 large egg
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup sourdough discard
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• ½ cup filtered water

Instructions

 

• Heat a pan with your oil. Brown your beef, then add your diced veggies, ketchup (or tomato sauce), Worcestershire, chili powder, cumin, cinnamon, salt, and pepper. Cook and gently stir until the vegetables are tender, then add any frozen vegetables. Allow your beef filling to simmer on low and covered while preparing your dough. Remove from heat for a few minutes before filling your dough.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees
• In a food processor, combine flour, salt, and cubed cold butter and pulse until combined. Add your egg, water, and sourdough discard, and pulse until it comes together. Remove your dough and form a dough ball with your hands.
• Transfer to a lightly floured surface.
• Lightly dust your dough with flour and cover with parchment paper. Begin rolling out your dough into a rectangle.
• Using a large round pastry cutter, large bowl, or large cup, make 6-8 inch circles with your dough. I often roll the dough out a little more once my circles are made.
• Begin to spoon 1-2 tablespoons of your meat filling into your premade empanada dough. Fold your dough over and seal the edges by pressing a fork into the dough or by twisting the dough together from one end to the other. Finally, brush the tops of the empanadas with egg wash. Continue to roll out your dough and repeat this process with the remaining dough.
• Place your baking tray with sourdough empanadas in your preheated oven and bake for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for 5-10 minutes before serving – insides will still be hot.

Notes

Store in an airtight container or a container covered with plastic wrap in the refrigerator.

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