Mini Empanadas

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180º C. Line a baking tray with butter paper.
2. To make the dough, take flour in a mixing bowl, add salt and butter and rub with your fingertips till the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Add egg and sufficient water and knead into a dough.
3. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a non-stick pan, add onion and garlic and saute till fragrant. Add cottage cheese, capsicum, raisins, tomato sauce, black pepper powder and salt and cook for 2-3 minutes.
4. Divide the dough into equal balls and roll each ball into thin sheets. Place a small round cookie cutter over the sheets and cut out roundels.
5. Place some cottage cheese mixture in the centre of half the roundels, cover each with the remaining roundels and press the edges to seal.
6. Brush each empanada with egg wash and place them on the baking tray.
7. Keep the tray in the preheated oven and bake for 20 minutes or till the empanadas turn golden.
8. Bring the tray out of the oven, arrange the empanadas on a serving platter and serve hot with a bowl of sauce of your choice.

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