Johns Hopkins University

Step 1: Get the ingredients On the granite countertop in front of me sat a pile of flour, two sticks of butter, and a bowl of shredded beef, just like the YouTube tutorial showed. My mind contorted itself as I tried figuring out what I was doing. Flanking me were two equally discombobulated partners from my Spanish class. Somehow, some way, the amalgamation of ingredients before us would have to be transformed into Peruvian empanadas. Step 2: Prepare the ingredients It looked easy enough. Just make a dough, cook the beef until it was tender, put two and two together, and fry them. What…