This weekend JonAbad and I made Empanaditas out of the Martha Stewart appetizer Handbook.
Oh so delicious.
empanaditas are essentially little pastries that are baked or fried. The dough is soft and flakey and they can be filled with all sorts of taste sensations from cheese, to jam, to beef. we, of course, went the meat route.
And that meat filling was a champ. it had diced tomatos, cinnamon, sugar, cumin, red pepper flakes, tomato juice, onions, and ginger in it. And it tasted delicious.
the dough was just butter, shortening, flour, salt, and water. There was an alarming amount of shortening and butter in the recipe.
The process was simple enough, and the results were top notch.
After the dough was formed, we cut it into circles and filled with the beef extrodinaire. Jon did a great job folding.
After they were all filled and sealed with some fork action, they were ready for the oven. **Note the speed action of the fork in the photo below. Oh so fast!
Ian was a fan.
The whole process took an hour or so from start to finish. While tasty, they were definintely appetizers. We made them as a meal, and it wasn’t quite filling enough. I suspect they would make a great party starter.
Mike D’s rockclimbing food ratings:
Deliciousness: 5.10a
Difficulty: 5.9-
We can definitely make them bigger by increasing the size of the rounds.
I’ve seen empanadas the size of your head.
really.
What does a pink chicken plus a pink kitty equal? I want to know.
a pink chickitty.
That’s kind of like a small Cornish pasty (which you should try making if you liked those and wanted something more filling – the traditional ingredients are pretty plain though so you could add stuff like chilli, tomatoes, cumin, like you did with the empanaditas).
Actually, “empanaditas” sounds Mexican and according to wikipedia Cornish pasties exist there in some form since emigrating British miners in the 19th century brought them over.
I hate you whomever you are Roland. I went to your website, now I have an unnatural need to watch the battle seen at Hoth. mmmmmm….Walkers.
While the empanada is closely related to the pasty and every other type of pocket pie around the world, its biggest proponents are actually in South America and not so much in Mexico. They’ve been busy folding tortillas into intricate shapes. The empanada probably travelled along Central America and into our hearts. Well. MikeD and Ian’s hearts since I had them before.
Here are more foods that are like the empanada: Pierogi, Sambusaks, Kolokotes, Calzones, and yes, the Pasty.
References:
Good Eats, Season 9, A Pie in Every Pocket and the Wikipedia entry on Empanadas.
Pst, I secretly have a real blog at echo-base dot co dot uk. Go there for more Hoth-themed layout goodness.
And here’s something to keep you going:
INTERIOR: WEDGE’S SNOWSPEEDER, Rogue THREE — COCKPIT
WEDGE: (to gunner) Activate harpoon.
Wedge’s gunner reaches for a firing switch to activate the
harpoon. The harpoon flashes out, and speeds toward the
receding legs of the walker.
EXTERIOR: HOTH — BATTLEFIELD
The harpoon hurtles toward the walker, In an instant it is
embedded in one of the walker’s legs.
INTERIOR: WEDGE’S SNOWSPEEDER, Rogue THREE — COCKPIT
WEDGE: (to gunner) Good shot, Janson.
EXTERIOR: HOTH — BATTLEFIELD
The speeder Rogue Three races around one of the giant
walker’s feet, trailing the cable behind it. Continuing around
the back foot, Rogue Three then circles the walker around the
tail end.
INTERIOR: WEDGE’S SNOWSPEEDER, Rogue THREE — COCKPIT
Wedge checks his controls and banks around the front of the
walker.
WEDGE: One more pass.
JANSON: Coming around. Once more.
EXTERIOR: HOTH — BATTLEFIELD
The speeder sweeps left to right in front of the giant
legs, towing the cable behind it.
INTERIOR: WEDGE’S SNOWSPEEDER, Rogue THREE — COCKPIT
JANSON: One more.
Wedge swings the speeder between the legs of the giant
walker.
JANSON: Cable out! Let her go!
they remind me of samosas