How to Make: Baked Beef and Cheese Empanadas l Foodie Avenue

cheddar cheese

🥗Healthier: reduced-fat cheese

💰Cheaper: mozzarella

Reduced-fat cheese lowers calories while maintaining flavor.

ground beef

🥗Healthier: ground turkey

💰Cheaper: ground pork

Ground turkey reduces fat while ground pork is often cheaper.

Preheat the oven to 200°C.

Chop 1 cup of onions and add to a skillet.

Add 700 g of ground beef to the skillet with the onions.

Season with 2 teaspoons of salt and some black pepper.

Cook the ground beef and onions until browned.

Add 1 cup of shredded cheddar cheese to the cooked ground beef.

Stir in 2 tablespoons of mustard, 2 tablespoons of ketchup, and 1 teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce; mix thoroughly.

Take a pastry sheet and place a spoonful of the meat mixture on one side of the dough.

Fold the dough over the filling and use a fork to crimp the edges of the empanada.

Place the empanadas on a baking sheet.

Brush each empanada with egg wash.

Sprinkle sesame seeds on top of each empanada.

Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes.

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