Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

1/2 lb Ground Beef
1/4 c Onion; Finely Chopped, 1 Md
2 tb Raisins; Finely Chopped
2 tb Chopped Green Olives
1/4 ts Salt
1/8 ts Pepper
1/4 c Cottage Cheese;Sm Curd,Cream
1 ea Egg;Large Hard Cooked, *
1 ea Egg; Large, Separated
1 ts Water
1 x 10-Inch PastryRecipe,2 crust
2 ts Milk

* Hard boiled egg should be peeled and chopped.
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~----------------- Cook and stir ground beef in 10-inch skillet,
breaking up into small pieces, until brown; drain reserving 1 T of
fat and the beef in the skillet. Stir in onion, raisins, olives,salt
and pepper. Cover and cook over low heat for 5 minutes. Stir in
cottage cheese and hard cooked egg. Heat oven to 400 degrees F. Mix
egg white and water until slightly foamy; reserve. Prepare pastry
dough; gather into a ball. Divide into halves. Shape into 2 flattened
rounds on lightly floured cloth covered surface. Roll 1 round of
pasty into circle, about 14 inches in diameter. Cut into 11 or 12
circles, 3 1/2-inches in diameter. Spoon on 2 t of the beef mixture
at the center of each circle; brush edge of pastry with egg white
mixture. Fold pastry circle up over filling; press edge with fork to
seal. place empanaditas on ungreased cookie sheet. Repeat with
remaining pastry circles. Gather any remianing pastry; shape into
another round. Repeat rolling cutting and filling. Beat egg yolk and
milk until well blended; brush over tops of empanaditas. Bake until
golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes. Serve warm.

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