Puerto Rican Picadillo and Queso Pastelillos
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Puerto Rican Picadillo and Queso Pastelillos

Puerto Rican Picadillo and Queso Pastelillos

¡Viva! These Puerto Rican savory meat pies are a classic street food with a twist that will dazzle your taste buds.

Servings: 10 servings (1 serving = 1 pastelillos)
Prep
INGREDIENT
WEIGHT
MEASURE
Filling
INGREDIENT
WEIGHT
MEASURE
Vegetable oil
1 oz
2 Tbsp
Ground beef
1 lb
Onions, chopped finely
3 oz
3/4 cup
Pimento stuffed green olives, chopped
2 oz
1/2 cup
Green bell pepper, chopped finely
1 oz
1/4 cup
Red bell pepper, chopped finely
1 oz
1/4 cup
Garlic, chopped finely
2 Tbsp
Kosher salt
1/4 tsp
Sofrito, prepared
3 oz
1/2 cup
Tomato sauce
4 oz
1/2 cup
Adobo
1 tsp
Assembly
INGREDIENT
WEIGHT
MEASURE
Monterey Jack cheese, shredded
4 oz
1 cup
Prep
  1. Thaw pie dough round, covered, either at room temperature 15-30 minutes until flexible or refrigerated overnight.
Filling
  1. Heat wide saucepan on medium-high heat; add oil and ground beef.
  2. Break meat into little pieces and cook until most of the liquid is absorbed.
  3. Add onions, olives, peppers, garlic and salt; stir and cook until the onions are translucent.
  4. Add sofrito and cook 2-3 minutes then add tomato sauce and adobo.
  5. Let cook until remaining liquid has evaporated; allow to cool for Assembly.
Assembly
  1. Combine cooled Filling and cheese in large mixing bowl.
  2. Remove paper from pie dough round and place sticky side down on parchment-lined sheet pan.
  3. Deposit #12 scoop (2.5 oz) of Filling mixture onto each pie dough round; flatten to cover half of the round, leaving a border. 
  4. Brush border all the way around with water; fold dough over filling and crimp edges with a fork to seal.
  5. Bake as directed below until golden brown and flaky.
BAKE:
TEMP
TIME
Convection Oven*
325°F
18-22 minutes
Standard Oven
375°F
23-27 minutes
*Rotate pans baked in convection oven one-half turn (180°) after 9 minutes of baking.
 
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Nutrition Information

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Serving Size:
1 pastelillos
% Daily Value
Exchanges:
Free
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Nutrition values are calculated using the weights of ingredients.
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