Meat Empanada Filling

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 2 lbs beef stew meat (or 1 pound each beef and lamb.)
• 1 1/4 cups raisins
• 1 cup pine nuts or 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 1/2 cups apple jelly or 1 1/2 cups dark corn syrup, may need more

Recipe

• 1 boil meat until tender, cool, grind fine.
• 2 to 2 cups of the minced meat, add the spices, nuts, brown sugar.
• 3 the filling must be moist.
• 4 if the filling is too dry, add more apple jelly or corn syrup.
• 5 (cooking time includes preparation time).