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Beef Empadão
🇧🇷 Brazilian

Beef Empadão

🇧🇷 Brazilian

Bubbling, golden-topped comfort: beef baked until the edges crisp and the centre turns molten. About 58 minutes from fridge to table.

Prep 18 min Cook 40 min Serves 4 Hard

Ingredients

  • Butter150 g
  • Heavy Cream200 ml
  • Saltto taste
  • Onion1, sliced into rings
  • Eggs2
  • All-Purpose Flour350 g
  • Beef500 g, cubed
  • Cheese100 g, grated
  • Smoked Paprika1 tsp
  • Palm Oil1 tbsp, for the dish

Optional extras

  • Fresh Cilantrohandful, to finish

Instructions

  1. 1

    Heat the oven to 190°C and butter or oil a baking dish.

  2. 2

    Layer the onion over the base, season, then nestle in the beef.

  3. 3

    Pour the cream around the edges, scatter over the cheese and the smoked paprika.

  4. 4

    Bake for 30-35 minutes until bubbling at the rim and burnished on top.

  5. 5

    Rest for 5 minutes so it sets, then spoon out with the pan juices and plenty of black pepper.

Chef's tip

Every oven runs hot or cold; start checking 5 minutes early.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Vital - Healthy Empadão (Brazilian Pie) (4 July 2014) · on YouTube