Empanada – 6th Pinoy Food Recipe


There are a lot of Pinoy foods for merienda time. Usual merienda foods for Filipinos are Banana Cue, Camote Cue, Barbeque and Deep fried coated eggs. I like all of them. But when I’m on the go, I usually look for Empanadas in Malls. I prefer to eat hot empanadas. If it is not hot, I don’t eat a lot. But when it is spicy flavor, it’s just fine with me. Because of my love for Empanada, I’ve made a research on how to cook this amazing Pinoy food pasty. Below is the recipe.

EMPANADA DOUGH
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup lard
• 2 1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup ice water

EMPANADA FILLING
• 1 lb ground beef or 1 lb ground pork
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, chopped
• 1/3 cup almonds, toasted, chopped
• 1/3 cup black raisins
• 8 plum tomatoes
• 24 serrano peppers
• 2 limes, juice of
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1/8 teaspoon clove
• 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
• egg wash
Directions:

FOR DOUGH:.
Put flour and salt in Cuisinart, pulse to combine.
Add cold lard and butter, pulse to form crumbs.
Add water and pulse until it just comes together.
Chill at least 30 minutes.
Roll out and cut out circles.

FILLING:.
Saute meat, drain fat.
Saute onions for 2 minutes, add garlic, almonds and raisins and saute for 2 minutes more.
Place tomato, chiles, lime juice, salt and pepper in blender.
Puree until smooth.
Add puree, cumin, cloves, cinnamon meat and onion to skillet.
Cook 5 minutes or until excess liquid evaporates.
Cool. Fill pastry circles, fold and crimp with fork.
Refrigerate or freeze.
Bake frozen for 20 minutes at 400ºF.

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