Empanadas Recipe

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Empanadas

Recipe courtesy of Deidre "Dee Dee" Pujols

Level: Intermediate Directions:


Total: 1 hr 25 min
Prep: 20 min 1 For the empanada dough: Combine the
flour, baking powder, sugar and salt in
Inactive: 30 min a large bowl. Cut in the lard with a pastry
Cook: 35 min blender or 2 knives until the mixture
resembles coarse cornmeal.
Yield: 6 to 8 servings
2 In a separate bowl, beat the egg and
Ingredients: then whisk in the stock. Add the egg
mixture to the flour mixture and knead until
a dough forms. Cover and refrigerate for 30
Empanada Dough (see Cook's minutes.
Note, below):
3 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for the work 3 Meanwhile, for the empanada filling: In
a large nonstick skillet, heat 1
surface
tablespoon olive oil over medium heat. Add
1 tablespoon baking powder
the ground beef and garlic salt and cook
2 teaspoons sugar until the beef is cooked completely. Drain
Pinch salt the grease and set the beef aside.
1/2 cup lard or shortening
1 egg 4 In the same pan, heat the remaining 1
3/4 cup chicken stock tablespoon olive oil. Add the tomato
paste, vinegar, cumin, chili powder,
Empanada Filling: oregano, seasoned salt, garlic, bell peppers
and onions. Cook until softened, 8 to 10
2 tablespoons olive oil minutes. Add the beef and let them love
1 pound ground beef each other with fire over low heat for about
5 more minutes. The mixture should be
moist but not dripping wet. Now you are
ready to fill the empanadas.

5 Lightly flour a work surface and roll out


the dough to 1/4 inch thick. Cut out 4-,
1 tablespoon garlic salt
5- or 6-inch rounds, depending on how
2 tablespoons tomato paste large you prefer. Add some meat filling to
2 tablespoons vinegar each empanada and fold the dough over in
2 teaspoons ground cumin half to enclose the filling. Use a fork to
1 teaspoon chili powder press and seal the edges closed. You can
1 teaspoon dried oregano refrigerate the uncooked empanadas for up
1 teaspoon seasoned salt to 3 hours.

6
5 cloves garlic, minced
Heat the oil in a deep fryer to 350
1 green bell pepper, chopped degrees F. Fry the empanadas until
1 red bell pepper, chopped golden brown, 6 to 7 minutes.
1 medium onion, chopped
Oil or shortening, for frying 7 For the aioli dip: Mix together the
mayonnaise, adobo sauce and lime
Aioli Dip: juice. (The flavor will enhance if it sits in the
refrigerator.)
1 cup real mayonnaise, such as Kraft
1 tablespoon adobo sauce
Juice of 1/2 lime
Cook’s Note
Goya makes empanada disks, but if you cannot find them or prefer fresh, you can
make your own following this recipe.

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