Chopped empanadas with olive curd

AUTHOR
Shirley Vincent
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
3 2
COOK TIME
60 mins
TOTAL TIME
60 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 1 collar Spring onions
  • 1 small red, yellow and green peppers (approx. 100 g each)
  • 1 Garlic clove
  • 1 TABLESPOON and 75 ml oil
  • 250 g mixed minced meat
  • 1 TEASPOON dried rosemary
  • 2 TABLESPOONS Tomato paste
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp black pepper
  • 7-10 Tbsp Chilli powder
  • 500 g Low-fat curd
  • 75 ml Milk
  • 2 Eggs (size M)
  • 400 g Flour
  • 1 package Baking Powder
  • 100 g black olives, without stone
  • 2-3 TABLESPOONS Lime juice
  • some stem(s) Thyme
  • 7-10 Tbsp Rosemary and thyme
  • 7-10 Tbsp Flour
  • baking paper

Directions

  1. 1

    Clean, wash and cut the spring onions into rings. Peppers clean, wash and cut into small cubes. Peel and finely dice garlic. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a pan and fry the minced meat until crumbly.

  2. 2

    Add rosemary, paprika, onion and garlic and fry briefly. Add tomato paste and sauté briefly. Deglaze with 100 ml water and cook for about 5 minutes at medium heat. Season to taste with salt, pepper and chilli powder, let it cool down.

  3. 3

    Mix 250 g quark, milk, 75 ml oil, 1 pinch of salt and 1 egg. Mix flour and baking powder, knead to a smooth dough with the dough hooks of the hand mixer. Divide the dough into 4 equally sized pieces.

  4. 4

    Roll out oval (approx. 17 x 20 cm) on a floured work surface. Spread a quarter of the chopping mass on each half of the dough sheet. Whisk 1 egg, brush the edges of the dough with it and fold over the mince from the longer side once each.

  5. 5

    Slightly fold in the edges. Place on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Brush with remaining egg and sprinkle with chilli powder. Bake in a preheated oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/ convection oven. 175 °C/ gas: level 3) for about 15 minutes.

  6. 6

    Drain the olives and cut them into small pieces, except for 1 tablespoon. Mix with 250 g low-fat curd and lime juice. Wash thyme, dab dry, chop finely and stir in. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

  7. 7

    Garnish with set aside olives. Serve curd cheese with the empanadas. Garnish with rosemary and thyme.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
900 kcal
CARBS
84 g
FATS
43 g
PROTEINS
44 g