Title: How to Make Empanadas (with Pictures) - wikiHow
Headings: How to Make Empanadas
How to Make Empanadas
Ingredients
Dough
Filling
Part 1
of 3:
Making the Dough
Part 2
of 3:
Making the Filling
Part 3
of 3:
Preparing and Baking the Empanadas
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Content: Essentially, an empanada is a crescent-shaped pastry with a filling. Empanadas can be fried or baked, and may use various fillings from cheese to seafood. While this recipe uses the traditional Argentine filling, you can fill an empanada with almost anything, so you are welcome to experiment. Ingredients
Dough
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp salt
1 cup cold butter, cut into small cubes, or 1 cup vegetable shortening
2 eggs
2/3 cup cold water
2 tbs white vinegar
Filling
1 lb ground beef, turkey, or chicken
4-6 hard boiled eggs
1 cup green olives (optional)
handful of raisins (optional)
1 or 2 large onions
3 cloves of garlic (optional)
2-3 tbs ground cumin powder
1 tsp chili powder
2 tsp sugar
salt and pepper to taste
Steps
Part 1
of 3: Making the Dough
1
Sift the flour. 2
Mix the sifted flour and salt in a large bowl. 3
Blend in the solid butter or lard with your fingers (best to crosscut with two sharp knives) until it breaks up. The flour mixture should have an even, coarse texture. The butter lumps should be no larger than the size of a pea. 4
Beat together the eggs, water, and vinegar in a bowl.