Photo shows the Regular dishBeef Empanadas — Pureed
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Texture options
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AI-drafted texture method — not from the recipe book and not clinically approved. Texture suitability should be confirmed according to the resident's individual swallowing and dietary requirements and the facility's clinical/dietetic processes.
Requires Clinical or Recipe Review
An intact pastry empanada is unsuitable for Pureed texture. This draft offers separately pureed filling and salsa without pastry and requires local review. Keep the original 100-serve batch scale. Removing pastry changes wheat/gluten and possible milk allergens; egg remains. Verify supplier labels.
Smooth empanada-spiced beef and egg puree with a separate smooth Salsa Roja puree; no pastry.
Ingredients
- Beef mince 2200g
- Vegetable oil 100g, for filling
- Garlic, crushed 25g, for filling
- Onions, chopped 700g
- Capsicum flesh, peeled and seeded 700g
- Cumin 25g
- Paprika 25g
- Dried oregano 30g
- Cayenne pepper 3g, optional
- Stock 900g
- Additional stock 1000g, available for pureeing; add only as needed
- Sugar 10g
- Raisins 150g
- Pitted olives 160g
- Hard-boiled eggs, peeled 540g
- Flat-leaf parsley leaves 40g
- Crushed tomatoes 600g
- Garlic, crushed 25g, for salsa
- Fresh chilli, deseeded 30g
- Red onion 150g
- Coriander leaves and tender stalks 200g
- White vinegar 100g
- Vegetable oil 150g, for salsa
- Food thickener, as needed, as per manufacturer's instructions
- Puff pastry omitted: source quantity unspecified
- Water or milk pastry brush omitted: source quantity unspecified
Final texture
Two smooth, lump-free purees that hold shape, release readily from a spoon and have no graininess, stickiness or separate liquid.
Sauce, gravy & liquid
Salsa Roja is a separate thick puree, not a pourable sauce. Adjust filling and salsa independently with stock and thickener; neither should weep liquid or oil.
IDDSI Level 4 requirements
- Smooth with no lumps, no separate liquid.
- Holds its shape; falls off a tilted spoon in a single spoonful.
- Does not drip through fork prongs (fork drip test).
Preparation
Cooking
Texture modification
Serving & plating
IDDSI testing to perform
IDDSI testing & verification
Level 4 — Pureed. Saved on this device only until staff logins are added.
