Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, empanadas. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Empanadas is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Empanadas is something that I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

Empanadas are likely to have originated from Galicia, Spain, where they were prepared as a portable and filling meal for working people, providing energy and nutrients needed for a day of hard labor. Baked and fried until golden, they are usually filled with a variety of spiced meats and vegetables. Empanadas are one of my favorite foods to make and also to eat.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have empanadas using 6 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Empanadas:

1. Make ready 2 cup masa
2. Take 1 1/2 cup water
3. Make ready 3 medium potatoes
4. Prepare 1 lb picadillo (Puerto Rican meat filling, or filling of choice)
5. Get shredded sharp cheddar (optional)
6. Prepare vegetable oil

Empanadas are pastry shell turnovers made by folding dough over a filling, sealing it, and cooking it, either by baking or frying. If you are eager to make your own dough but don't know where to start, follow this empanada step-by-step guide. In this tutorial, we show you how to make home-made pizza. For the empanada dough: Combine the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt in a large bowl.

Steps to make Empanadas:

1. Peel the potatoes and boil them whole until fork tender. Drain and set aside to cool.
2. If you don't know what picadillo is you can find recipes all over the net for it. It's a Puerto Rican meat mixture and is amazing. Anyways, mix the water and masa together well. If it's too dry add a little more water if it's too wet add a little more masa. You don't want the dough to be sticky or crumbly.
3. Dice the potatoes up then add it to the picadillo mixture.
4. Grab about a golf ball sized piece of the masa, roll it into a ball then place on a piece of parchment paper, place another piece of parchment paper on top. Roll the dough out to about the thickness of a corn tortilla, maintaining a round shape. This process would be much faster with a tortilla press, however I do not own one so this is my method.
5. Place about a 1/4 cup of the filling onto one half of the dough, fold the other half over and pinch seams together or use a fork. I personally don't do either, but it's hard to explain how I do it,it almost looks like it's twisting around the edge.
6. In a skillet of oil fry the empanada over medium high heat until golden on each side. Serve with your favorite meat and rice and enjoy!

For the aioli dip: Mix together the mayonnaise. The Perfect Pastry for All Meals Empanadas, or beef turnovers, are discs of pastry packed with meat. Some turnover recipes call for all manner of fillings, but You can enjoy Empanadas as an appetizer, a main dish, or even after your main course. Use GOYA® Discos - Dough for Turnover Pastries, or. There are as many variations of empanadas as there are cooks in Argentina.

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