EMPANADA DOUGH RECIPE - MASA PARA EMPANADAS
This slightly sweet empanada dough produces tender, golden empanadas.
Provided by @MakeItYours
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Sift the flour into a bowl. Stir in the salt and the sugar.
- Blend the butter and shortening (or lard) into the flour mixture with a pastry cutter or with two knives, until fairly well blended.
- Whisk the egg yolks wiht 3/4 cups water. Stir in the 1/2 cup of water/egg mixture, a little at a time until the dough starts to come together smoothly. Keep kneading the dough, adding more water/egg a little bit at a time as necessary (you made need a few tablespoons extra of water), until the dough is smooth. The dough will seem a bit shaggy until it has thoroughly chilled.
- Cover the dough with saran wrap and refrigerate for about an hour. (Dough can also be kept overnight (or a couple of days) in the refrigerator) Dough should be soft and smooth, and not elastic - if you poke a hole in it with your finger, the indentation should remain.
- Turn dough out onto a floured surface, and roll into desired thickness.
- Makes enough dough for 10-12 large empanadas.
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- Guide's Response to User Reviews
- "Thank you for the comment about using a pie crust. I agree that it is not as good as empanada dough. If you want to make small appetizer-size empanadas and want to deep fry them instead of bake them, thinly rolled out pie crust does work well. Sometimes puff pastry (masa hojaldre) can also be used for baked empanadas, as in
- this recipe
- for ham and cheese empanadas." -
- Marian Blazes, Guide to South American Food
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