Lamb Empanadas

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Ingredients

  • 1 lb australian lamb (leg, tenderloin or chop)
  • 2 sheets puff pastry sheets
  • 1 medium onion
  • 1 large potato
  • 3 medium carrots
  • 1 small turnip

Instructions

  1. Thaw pastry at room temperature.
  2. Cut the lamb into very small cubes.
  3. Peel and chop the onion, potato, carrots and turnip into very small pieces.
  4. Place in bowl and season with salt and pepper.
  5. Preheat oven to 400°F
  6. Separate pastry sheets.
  7. Using a 5.5" saucer, cut out pastry rounds.
  8. Place a heaping teaspoon of meat and vegetable mixture in the middle of a pastry round.
  9. Dip pastry brush in water and moisten edge of pastry round. Pull up two sides of pastry to top and seal by pinching pastry together across the top.
  10. Place completed pasty on a baking tray lined with baking paper.
  11. Repeat with the remaining ingredients to make 10 empanadas.
  12. Bake in oven for 15-20 minutes. Remove from tray using spatula.

Nutrition & Diet Analysis (per serving)

333 kcal 17% DV
Protein Fat Carbs

Macronutrients

Protein 9.3g 19% DV
Total Fat 13.4g 17% DV
Carbs 45.3g 16% DV
Fiber 8g 29% DV
Sugar 11g 22% DV

Electrolytes

Sodium 9871.3mg 100% DV
Potassium 1174.8mg 25% DV
Cholesterol 16.5mg 6% DV

Vitamins & Minerals

Vitamin A 855.8mcg 95% DV
Vitamin C 10.5mg 12% DV
Calcium 75.3mg 6% DV
Iron 2.1mg 12% DV

* % Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet (FDA 2020).

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