STAR ANISE BEEF EMPANADAS
Steps:
- For filling: Combine water, soy sauce, Scotch, sugar, gingerroot, cinnamon, zest, and star anise and simmer mixture 10 minutes. Add beef shanks and cook, partially covered, at a bare simmer 2 hours, or until meat is very tender. Transfer meat with a slotted spoon to cutting board. Remove gingerroot, cinnamon sticks, zest, and star anise from broth and discard. Toss carrots and kabocha squash with 2 tablespoons of olive oil and roast for about 30 minutes until tender. While roasting vegetables, discard bones and gristle and cut meat across grain into thin slices. For Dough: Sift flour with salt into a large bowl and blend in butter with your fingertips or a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal with some butter lumps. Beat together egg, water, and vinegar in a small bowl with a fork. Add to flour mixture, stirring with fork until just incorporated. Turn out mixture onto a lightly floured surface and gather together, then knead gently with heel of your hand once or twice, just enough to bring dough together. Form dough into a flat rectangle and chill, wrapped in plastic wrap, at least 1 hour. Form and bake empanadas: Put oven racks in upper and lower thirds of oven and preheat oven to 400°F. Divide dough into 12 equal pieces and form each into a disk. Roll out 1 piece on a lightly floured surface with a lightly floured rolling pin into a 5-inch round (1/8 inch thick). Spoon about 2 tablespoons filling onto center and fold dough in half, enclosing filling. Press edges together to seal, then crimp decoratively with your fingers or tines of a fork. Transfer empanada to a baking sheet. Lightly brush empanadas with some of egg wash and bake in upper and lower thirds of oven, switching position of sheets halfway through baking, until golden, about 25 minutes. Transfer empanadas to a rack to cool at least 5 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature.
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Khan Salem
[email protected]I've made these empanadas several times and they're always a hit! I love the combination of flavors and the flaky pastry.
Farzand Shah sayed
[email protected]These empanadas were a bit too spicy for my taste, but they were still very good. I loved the flaky pastry and the flavorful filling.
Adewole Aminat
[email protected]These empanadas were easy to make and turned out perfectly. The dough was simple to work with, and the filling was delicious. I loved the combination of beef, spices, and star anise.
Keila Madrigal Garcia
[email protected]I'm not a huge fan of empanadas, but these were really good! The filling was moist and flavorful, and the pastry was crispy. I'll definitely be making these again.
Donna Haynes
[email protected]These empanadas were delicious! The filling was flavorful and the pastry was crispy. I'll definitely be making these again.
DRAGON
[email protected]I've never worked with star anise before, but it added a really unique flavor to these empanadas. I'll definitely be experimenting with it more in the future.
Unumadu Sunday
[email protected]These empanadas were a bit too spicy for my taste, but they were still very good. I loved the flaky pastry and the flavorful filling.
Jakony Obum Under taker
[email protected]I followed the recipe exactly, but my empanadas didn't turn out as good as I hoped. The dough was a bit too thick and the filling was a bit dry.
jayson ray
[email protected]These empanadas were easy to make and turned out great! The dough was simple to work with and the filling was delicious.
Arian Rasuli
[email protected]I'm not a fan of star anise, but these empanadas were still very good. The filling was flavorful and the pastry was flaky.
SK Raju GAMING
[email protected]These empanadas were delicious! The filling was flavorful and the pastry was crispy. I'll definitely be making these again.
Fa Mous
[email protected]I've made these empanadas several times and they're always a hit! I love the combination of flavors and the flaky pastry.
Lenor Davids
[email protected]I followed the recipe exactly, but my empanadas didn't turn out as good as I hoped. The dough was a bit too thick and the filling was a bit dry.
Ikenna Ogujiofor
[email protected]These empanadas were a bit too spicy for my taste, but they were still very good. I loved the flaky pastry and the flavorful filling.
Amogelang Maloka
[email protected]I'm not a huge fan of empanadas, but these were really good! The filling was moist and flavorful, and the pastry was crispy. I'll definitely be making these again.
Onele Dinga
[email protected]These empanadas were easy to make and turned out perfectly. The dough was simple to work with, and the filling was delicious. I loved the combination of beef, spices, and star anise.
PRISCILLA Ritchie
[email protected]I've never worked with star anise before, but it added a really unique flavor to these empanadas. I'll definitely be experimenting with it more in the future.
Sujon Hassan Hridoy
[email protected]These empanadas were a hit at my party! The filling was flavorful and juicy, and the pastry was flaky and golden brown. I'll definitely be making these again.