Keto Beef and Pepperoni Empanadas

An empanada is a stuffed bread or pastry with meat (beef, chicken), cheese, onion, and other ingredients. It can be baked or fried in many countries in Latin America as well as Spain.

Some people call it meat pie or hot pocket. Some call it a calzone, which is an Italian dumpling. Whatever the name you call it, we are here to ketofy it and make it low carb for you to enjoy!

For this Keto Empanada recipe, we use the fat head dough which is made of coconut flour, egg, mozzarella and cream cheese. For the filling, we use ground beef, pepperoni, marinara sauce and chicken sausage.

Make sure your sausage has no added sugar, flour and other bad fillers. Go for organic if you can.

Here’s the entire process in 1 photo. It can be summarised in 4 main steps: prepare the fillings, make the dough, form and bake empanadas.

You can make 6 medium size empanadas for 6 servings. We like to serve with some leafy green salad and homemade marinara sauce. If you buy store-bought sauce, go for Rao’s Homemade Marinara Sauce as it’s the most keto-friendly product.

INGREDIENTS

• For the Dough
• 3 cup shredded mozzarella
• 4 oz cream cheese
• 4 eggs small
• 2/3 cup coconut flour
• For the Fillings
• 8 oz Ground beef
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 18 thin slices pepperoni (36g approximately)
• 1 link  Organic chicken sausage (keto-friendly)
• 1 small onion chopped
• 1 cup marinara sauce Rao's Homemade
• basil leaves fresh, chopped (optional)
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INSTRUCTIONS

1. Making Fillings
2. In a hot pan over medium-high heat, add olive oil in. Saute ground beef with onion and season with salt and pepper for 5 minutes. Once cooked, remove from heat and put the cooked beef in a bowl.
3. In another pan (or the same pan), add sliced sausages in and cook for 5 minutes until cooked through. Stir occasionally
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