Meat Pastry 'à la Elvirita' (Embozo)

Origin: Buenos Aires

Source: Elvira Vela, 1890

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Mix one pound of flour, half a pound of beef fat, pork fat, or butter, salt to taste, and an equal amount of sugar.
  2. Add milk little by little, kneading with both hands until incorporated.
  3. Make a mince of sirloin beef with raisins, chopped hard-boiled eggs, cut olives, ground pepper, salt and sugar to taste, and a touch of ground garlic if desired.
  4. Roll out the dough and form the embozo as a pie or an empanada.
  5. Bake in a strongly heated oven, as the cooking is quick.

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