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Yields 15 to 18 empanadas
2 pounds ground beef
2 shallots (or 1 red onion), chopped
4 cloves garlic, chopped
3 tablespoons Gefen BBQ Sauce
3 pounds yuca (cassava)
1/2 a red pepper
1 tablespoon garlic powder
2 teaspoons paprika
1 cup parsley, cleaned and chopped
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg
2 tablespoons Gefen Tapioca Starch, plus an additional 1/2 cup for assembly (you can make this year-round using flour)
beaten egg, for brushing
Sauté your shallots until tender. Add in garlic and sauté together for approximately 30 seconds.
Add in your ground beef and mix with BBQ sauce until all cooked and brown. Set aside.
Peel and cut down the yuca. Boil in a large pot of water until tender; approximately 25 minutes. Let cool and remove hard center thread.
Mash with a potato masher and add in chopped pepper, garlic powder, parsley, salt and egg. Blend all together with two tablespoons of tapioca starch and set aside.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Have prepared a half cup of tapioca starch and your meat filling.
Place a bit of tapioca starch in your hands. Scoop approximately a quarter cup of the yuca mixture and flatten out into a two-and-a-half-inch circle.
Place one heaping tablespoon of cooked ground meat in the center. Bring one end to the other, closing the empanada into an oval shape. Place on the prepared baking sheet.
Brush each with egg and bake for 20 to 25 minutes.
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yummy
Love this gluten feee empanada alternative! Delicious!!!
I love these empanadas.
Love the consistency, so easy to mold-tastes even better!!!
Love the consistency,so easy to mold-tastes even better!!!
perfect for my gluten free husband… delish!
Can’t wait to try it
Hope to try this recipe soon !!
10/10! Go Shena!
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