Hatfield - Top 50 Most Delicious Empanada Recipes

You cant make empanadas without empanada dough!

Yields: Dough for 12 empanadas

Ingredients:

1/3 cup ice water

1 large egg

2 1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour

Half cup cold unsalted butter (cut into inch cubes)

1 tsp salt

1 tablespoon distilled white vinegar

Method of Preparation

1. In a large bowl, sieve the flour with salt.
2. Knead in the butter with your hands until the mixture looks crumbly.
3. In a smaller bowl beat the egg together with vinegar and water.
4. To flour mixture, add the egg mixture while stirring with fork until barely incorporated. Dont mix too much.
5. Put the mixture onto a floured surface
6. Knead with your hands heel twice, just enough to make it into a quick dough.
7. Shape the dough into a flat rectangle and wrap it in plastic.
8. Let the dough chill for at least an hour.
9. Split the dough up into 12 equal pieces and turn the pieces into 12 balls.
10. With a lightly floured rolling pin, roll 1 ball out on a floured surface into a 5 inch disc (about 1/8 inch thick). Make sure to keep the rest covered with a damp towel while doing this
11. Do the same with the rest and keep the ones that are done also covered.
12. Thats it, you can now use them to create empanadas

Most of the empanadas are made with flour or cornmeal but these ones are made out of yucca. One of the best health benefits of this root is that it has antioxidant properties; this can help to prevent diseases like some of the cardiovascular ones. Another good thing about yucca is that it eases diabetes symptoms and helps to have favorable cholesterol levels.

Yields: Makes 18 empanadas.

Ingredients:

1 pound frozen peeled yucca

2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil

A pinch of salt

1 small red onion, chopped

1 red bell pepper, finely diced

2 garlic cloves, minced

tsp ground turmeric

tsp smoked sweet paprika

tsp ground cumin

1 tsp crushed red pepper

2 tbsp chopped golden raisins

2 scallions, minced

2 tbsp red wine vinegar

cup Brazil nuts

4 ounces fresh mozzarella, diced

Vegetable oil, for deep-frying

Method of Preparation :

1. In a saucepan, cover the yucca with water and boil it over around 27 minutes. Drain and put it back in the pan, shake over heat to dry it out (10-15 seconds). Pass it through a ricer and add a pinch of salt. Start kneading the yucca to form dough, cover it with plastic wrap and let cool.
2. In a large pan, heat the olive oil, onion, red bell pepper and garlic, cook until softened. Add the turmeric, cumin, paprika and red pepper and cook, stirring for 1 minute. Add the raisins, scallions and vinegar and cook until the vinegar has been absorbed, then let cool.
3. Toast the Brazil nuts in the oven for 5 minutes, and then chop. (350)
4. Stir the nuts and mozzarella cheese into the onion mixture.
5. Oil your hands and take a tbsp of yucca dough, form a 2 -inch round, add a tsp of the filling and close the dough
6. In a saucepan, heat vegetable oil to 375
7. Fry the empanadas until golden and crisp.

You have to do some appetizers but nothing comes to mind. What about some cheese empanadas? They are easy and delicious. Its true that you can let your creativity go and make thousands of ingredients combinations but Im pretty sure that almost everyone loves cheese empanadas at any time!

Yields: 40 mini empanadas

Ingredients:

3 cups cornmeal

A pinch of salt

12 oz mozzarella cheese (whatever cheese you want)

Oil, for deep frying

Method of Preparation :

1. Place the cornmeal into a bowl, add a pinch of salt and then around 2- 2 cups of water, knead until form a dough.
2. Take a tbsp of dough and put it on a piece of plastic wrap
3. Make a 4 inch circle of dough
4. Add the cheese (any shape, its going to melt anyways)
5. Fold the circle in half, making a moon shape
6. Close it with a fork
7. In a saucepan, heat the oil to 375
8. Fry the empanadas until golden and crisp.

Sausages are just fantastic, they come in several ways and flavors The spicy ones are the best for me! When you combine crispy dough with sausages and melted cheese, you just want to eat like thousands of them. Make big empanadas for a delicious breakfast or prepare little ones to accompany another dish.

Yields: 12 empanadas

Ingredients:

12 empanadas discs for frying

1 tbsp butter

white onion, diced

1 lb sausages (your favorite kind)

12 oz mozzarella or Oaxaca cheese

Oil, for deep frying

Method of Preparation :

1. Take a pan and put some butter over low heat. Add the onions and cook them for about 5 minutes.
2. Cut the sausages in little pieces and add them into the pan with onions. Cook until the sausages are done and then let it cool down.
3. Take one of the empanada discs; add some cheese and sausages in the center. Fold it in a moon shape and seal it with a fork

1. In a frying pan, heat the oil to 375

1. Fry the empanadas until golden and crisp on each side.

This is one of those recipes that are easy, rich in nutrients and especially tasty. Many people have a bad concept about pork. The truth is that pork is a great source of protein, vitamins and minerals as iron, B1, B6, B12 and zinc. Not too bad, right? If you combine that with some veggies, it can create an excellent mix to serve a nice lunch or dinner.

Yields: 12 empanadas

Ingredients:

2 tbsp vegetable oil

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 tomato, diced

1 onion, diced

1 carrot, diced

1 lb pork, minced

1 pork stock cube

A pinch of salt

cup peas

1 large potato, diced

1 tsp sugar

1/8 cup water

For the dough:

3 cups plain flour

tsp baking powder

tsp salt

250g butter, cubed

cup water

1 egg

Method of Preparation :

1. Start cooking the onion, tomato, pork and pork cube. Stir the mixture and add salt, potato and water. Keep stirring for about 5 minutes, youll see the pork almost done.
2. Add the carrot, and keep cooking the mix around 8 minutes, finally add peas and sugar, keep it over heat for two more minutes and then let it cool down.
3. Its time to make the pastry. Combine flour, baking powder salt and butter.
4. Begin to rub the butter with the dry ingredients until get a crumbly mixture.
5. Add water and egg.