EMPANADAS

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This is something very popular in Spain; there are so many ways to cook it that everybody has their own recipe. The nearest name in English would be "patty".

It is up to you to choose the ingredients to fill it; I always do it like this:

INGREDIENTS:

  • 200 grs. flour (not self-raising flour)
  • 1/2 glass of olive oil
  • 1/2 glass of white wine (you can use beer instead)
  • 1 teaspoon of salt
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon of sweet paprika 
  • 1/2 teaspoon of smoked paprika (Pimentón de La Vera)
  • 1 hard boiled egg, chopped.
  • 3 small tins of tuna in oil (or 150 grs.), chopped.
  • 1 tin of 50 grs. of peas. (optional)
  • 400 grs. of a very good, thick, tomato sauce.


METHOD:
Switcht on the oven, 200º C.
In a bowl, put in the flour, paprika and salt and mix well.  Add the oil and wine  and mix to make the dough, not too sticky.   Leave aside.


   In another bowl, mix the tuna and tomato.
   On a floured surface, roll out the dough  until it is about 4-5 mm. of thickness.


Use a mold, eg., a saucer or a plate,  to cut it to the size that you want for your empanadas.
In the center of the pieces of dough, put the tomato-tuna mixture, a little chopped egg and some peas.  Don´t put in too much, or it will be difficult to close.
Fold over the circle of dough and press the edges well with a fork.
Flour a baking tray and put in the empanadas,  not touching each other and bake for about 20-25 mins.
Enjoy with a glass of wine !



VOCABULARY
Flour: Harina
Paprika: Pimentón
Peas: Guisantes






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