Empanadas
Three times in March I made empanadas. Yup, I’m a fan now.
What are they? The term comes from the word empanar, meaning to wrap or coat in bread. You’ll find them in a number of Spanish and Portuguese countries. In Mexico, they can be a variety of things. I made one kind for dessert which was more or less fruit inside a pastry. It was similar to pumpkin pie, baked, but each serving is wrapped separately. These fruit-filled empanadas had plantain, raisins, oranges, and some spices.
I also make some empanadas de viejas ropas. I took a few pictures which you can see below. These are more or less meat mixtures (in this case pork with chillies, onions, etc) wrapped in a corn tortilla. Let me tell you, it smelled like a Mexican restaurant in here. Squeeze on a little lime, dip it in some salsa and I bet you can’t eat just one. Here’s my most recent attempt, from Sunday. Not a professional job, but they still tasted good!
Making tortillas with the tortilla press |
Empanadas with filling inside |
Frying the empanadas |
The finished, hot empanadas (although you can eat them cold too) |
Enjoying empanadas with Aunt Amy
Dennis
29 March 2006 @ 7:36 am
Yummy!!!