Gluten Free Beef Empanadas

Prepare the dough:

• Put the flour and butter in a bowl and pour the hot water over it.
• Mix everything with your hands until the ingredients are all incorporated.
• The dough becomes smooth and easy to work with.
• Take pieces of dough and spread with a rolling pin until very thin.
• Afterwards, cut with a cutter.
• When adding the filling, pass the rolling pin over it again, lightly, to spread the dough a little bit further.
• Put the filling and close the dough (if you do not know how to crimp the borders, just press with a fork, to close tightly).

Prepare the filling:

• Put the olive oil and onion in a pan. Cook.
• Add the meat, stirring well, until all the meat is cooked.
• Add the paprika (dissolved in 1/4 of water), the Cayenne pepper, oregano, salt and black pepper.
• Let simmer for about 10 minutes.
• Turn off the flame and add the olives (if you prefer, chopped).
• If you prefer them whole, set aside to use when putting it all together, along with the raisins, if you like, and a chopped hard-boiled egg.
• Mix everything and let cool.
• Put the cold filling on the dough already spread out. Brush with 1 whisked egg. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 180°C until golden brown.