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Ingredients

• ▢ 2 1/2 cups plain/all-purpose flour
• ▢ 175g/ 12 tbsp cold unsalted butter (cut into 1 cm / 1/2″ cubes)
• ▢ 1 tsp cooking/kosher salt
• ▢ 1 egg yolk
• ▢ 1/2 cup warm milk (full fat (30 sec microwave))
• 1 1/2 tbsp olive oil
• ▢ 1/2 onion (finely chopped)
• ▢ 1 garlic cloves (minced)
• ▢ 300g/10 oz beef mince (ground beef)
• ▢ 120g/4 oz chorizo
• ▢ 2 tsp tomato paste
• ▢ 1 tsp fresh thyme (finely chopped)
• ▢ 1/2 tsp EACH dried oregano (cumin, paprika)
• ▢ 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
• ▢ 1/4 tsp cooking/kosher salt
• ▢ 3/4 cup chicken stock/broth (low sodium)
• ▢ 1/2 cup tomato passata (sub US tomato sauce or crushed tomato)
• ▢ 150g/5oz potato (peeled, cut into 8mm/ 1/3" cubes (~1 cup))
• ▢ 1/3 cup green onion (finely sliced)
• 2 hard boiled eggs (9 minutes using this method)
• ▢ 1/4 cup green olives (roughly chopped)
• ▢ 2 eggs (separated, yolks whisked (for sealing and brushing pastry))
• ▢ Empanada sauce
• ▢ Other options – ketchup (ketchup + sriracha, pink sauce, taco sauce, salsa dip)