Bolivia · Latin America

Salteñas

Salteñas (placeholder image)
Juicy baked empanadas with a gelatin-set stew filling, eaten mid-morning.
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Salteñas

300 minTotal
12Servings
5/5Effort
5/5Wow factor

Ingredients

  • Dough: 600 g flour, 120 g lard, 100 g sugar, 1 egg, 250 ml warm water with annatto
  • Filling: 500 g beef in small dice, 2 potatoes diced, 100 g peas, 1 onion, 2 tbsp ají colorado, 1 tbsp cumin, 15 g gelatin, 500 ml broth
  • olives, raisins, boiled egg

Instructions

  1. Cook onion with ají and spices
  2. add beef, broth, potatoes and peas and simmer until tender.
  3. Stir in bloomed gelatin and chill overnight until set.
  4. Make the dough, rest 30 min and roll into 15 cm circles.
  5. Fill with the set stew, an olive, raisins and egg
  6. seal with a braided seam on top.
  7. Bake at 230°C 15–18 min.