Empanada Filling

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 cup water
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 large onion , diced
• 1 pound ground beef
• 12 pitteds kalamata olives , diced
• 0.5 teaspoons ground cumin
• 0.5 teaspoons paprika
• 0.5 cups raisins
• 3 large hard-cooked eggs , chopped
• salt and ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

1. 1

   Stir flour into water in a small bowl until dissolved. Set aside.

2. 2

   Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Sauté onion in hot oil until softened, about 5 minutes. Add ground beef, olives, cumin, and paprika. Cook and stir until beef is crumbly and completely browned, 7 to 10 minutes.

3. 3

   Pour flour-water mixture into beef mixture and stir to coat evenly. Stir in raisins and cook until raisins are plump, about 5 minutes. Fold hard-cooked eggs into beef mixture; season with salt and pepper. Set aside to cool before using to fill empanadas.