Chilean Seafood Empanadas Recipes

Steps:

• Make dough:
• Stir salt into hot water until dissolved.
• Sift flour, baking powder, and sugar into a large bowl, then make a well in center and add lard and butter. Stir salted water into well with a wooden spoon, melting lard and butter, then stir flour into liquid, adding a little water if necessary, to form a soft and pliable dough. Knead dough on an unfloured surface until smooth and glossy, 3 to 5 minutes (dough will be soft and slightly sticky).
• Cover dough with a kitchen towel (not terry cloth).
• Make filling:
• Cook clams in wine in a medium saucepan, covered, over medium-high heat until just opened wide, about 5 minutes (discard any that remain unopened). Transfer clams to a bowl with a slotted spoon, then cook mussels in same liquid, covered, stirring once or twice, until opened, 3 to 5 minutes (discard unopened ones). Add mussels to clams and strain cooking liquid through a paper-towel-lined sieve into a bowl.

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat; cook the onion, garlic, oregano, cumin, salt, and pepper in the melted butter until the onion is golden brown, 5 to 7 minutes. Add the ground pork and cook until completely browned, 7 to 10 minutes more; drain the fat from the skillet. Stir the eggs, raisins, and olives into the mixture. Whisk the water and cornstarch together in a small bowl; pour into the skillet and stir until the liquid thickens. Remove from heat and set aside.
• Whisk the milk and melted shortening together in a bowl until evenly blended. Stir the flour and salt together in a separate large bowl. Pour the wet mixture into the dry and whisk until well mixed into a dough. Set aside to rest for 10 minutes.
• Preheat an oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Place the dough onto a lightly-floured board and roll to about 1/8-inch thick; cut into circles with a round cookie cutter or glass. Drop equal portions of the pork mixture into the center of each circle. Fold each circle in half and press edges with a fork to seal. Brush the tops of the empanadas with beaten egg.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 25 minutes.

Steps:

• Heat oil in heavy skillet over medium heat.
• Add beef, bell pepper and garlic.
• Cook until beef loses its pink color and vegetables begin to soften, about 6 minutes.
• Add raisins and next 6 ingredients and cook until mixture is thick, about 5 minutes.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Mix in cheese and cilantro.
• Preheat oven to 375º.
• Roll out one biscuit on lightly floured surface to 4-inch circle.
• Brush half the dough with egg wash.
• Place 1 rounded tablespoon filling on dough.
• Fold over to crate half circle; press edges to seal.
• Using fork, crimp edges.
• Place on large baking sheet.
• Brush with egg wash.
• Bake until golden brown, about 12 minutes.

Steps:

• Make the filling Make a medium white sauce, as following: Microwaves White sauce 1 cup of whole milk 1 spoonful of butter 1 spoonful and half of flour salt and pepper In a pitcher pyrex place the butter by 30 seg. in high (100%), add the flour and mix well as a cream, Incorporated the milk stirring well, add the salt and pepper(remember we will add cheese) Cook by 3 minutes in 50% until be thicken. Add the grated cheese, the mozarella and the shrimps stir well and heat at microwaves by 1 minute at 100%. Stir and place by 1 minute more at microwaves to 100%.until the cheese is dissolved. Let chill by a while. . For the empanadas you can make use a shape like the picture or a cut roll to make them. The dough Method Join the flour , salt and baking powder,and add the butter or margarine, making crumbles. Add the hot milk slowly and made the dough, wrap in a kitchen towel and set aside by 30 minutes. Make a roll with dough and cut in 12 pieces . With a roll pin extend the dough and with a plate or a shape, make the empanadas. Filling with the seafood and cheese mix.(about one tablespoon by empanada) And double the borders. Brush the borders with white egg to seal the edges . Reserve the empanadas in a oven tray. Brush the empanadas with a mix of yolk and water. Preheat the oven about 180° C and bake the empanadas about 25 a 30 minutes or when are little brown and golden. Serve wam.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. In a large skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until beef is no longer pink and onion is tender, 6-8 minutes, breaking up beef other into crumbles; do not drain. Stir in hard-boiled eggs, olives and spices; heat through. Remove from the heat., Brush beaten egg over edges of dough circles. Place 3 tablespoons filling on 1 side. Fold dough over filling. Crimp edges and press to seal. Place on parchment-lined baking sheets. Brush tops with remaining beaten egg. Refrigerate for 15 minutes., Bake until golden brown, 20-25 minutes; serve warm with salsa, if desired.