Adorable Valentine's Day Heart Empanadas (Pastelillos) Recipe!
 
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Cuisine: Hispanic
Serves: 12
Ingredients
  • 1 Pound of Ground Beef
  • 1 Box of Pepperidge farms puff pastry sheets
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 Pinch of Salt
  • 1 tsp of Garlic Powder
  • 1 tsp of oregano
  • 1 tsp pepper
  • 20 Olives diced
  • 1 package of Sazon
  • 1 Heart shaped cookie cutter
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. First cook your ground beef seasoning it with the salt, garlic powder, oregano, pepper, and Sazon packet.
  3. Mix in your olives into the ground beef as it's cooking.
  4. Do not cook meat completely as it will cook completely when it's baking.
  5. Roll out your pepperidge farms puff pastry sheets. Let them thaw for about 15 minutes. Cut them into three slices. Make sure they aren't still frozen as you cut.
  6. Stretch out the dough sides of your strips so they are wide enough for your cookie cutter.
  7. Cut Out Your Heart Shapes from the dough.
  8. Make sure to cut even amounts so you have a top and a bottom.
  9. Place chop meat on the bottom half of the dough.
  10. Place a dough heart on top of the cooked ground beef. I make sure each amount of meat I pour onto the dough hearts has olives with it.
  11. Seal the edges of the heart empanadas with a fork.
  12. Beat your 2 eggs and glaze each heart with the egg.
  13. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until dough has risen and the hearts are golden brown.
  14. Serve and Enjoy for Valentine's Day!
Recipe by Brite and Bubbly at https://briteandbubbly.com/adorable-valentines-day-heart-empanadas-pastelillos-recipe/