Spanish empanada pies with various fillings, known in Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula, are relatives of the more familiar pasties, as well as Italian calzones.
It is necessary
- - 30 g butter;
- - 20 g lard;
- - 75 g of white wine;
- - 300 g flour and for kneading the dough;
- - vegetable oil;
- - 2 tablespoons of olive oil;
- - onion;
- - Red onion;
- - 2 cloves of garlic;
- - red bell pepper;
- - hot chili pepper;
- - 400 g of minced pork and beef;
- - 2 tablespoons of sour cream;
- - 2 teaspoons of tomato puree;
- - a bunch of parsley;
- - 2 tablespoons of bread crumbs;
- - 500 g of tomatoes;
- - lemon juice;
- - sugar;
- - salt
Instructions
Step 1
Make a dough. Mix oil with bacon, pour in 75 ml of wine. Heat, but do not boil. Remove from heat, stir in flour and add a little salt. Knead well, cover and refrigerate for 2 hours.
Step 2
Make a salsa sauce. Chop a red onion, 2 chili peppers after removing the seeds, and a clove of garlic. Peel the tomatoes, cut into cubes.
Step 3
Heat the olive oil in a skillet and quickly fry the onions and garlic in it. Next, add the tomatoes and chili peppers.
Step 4
Cook over low heat for about 10 minutes, until the mixture thickens slightly. Season to taste with lemon juice, add a pinch of sugar and salt, and leave to cool.
Step 5
Prepare the filling. Chop the onion and garlic clove. Finely chop the bell pepper and 1-2 chili peppers, scraping out the seeds. Heat a tablespoon of olive oil, sauté the onion and garlic.
Step 6
Then add the Bulgarian and chili peppers, quickly fry with them. Then put the minced meat in the skillet and fry until the meat reaches a crumb consistency.
Step 7
Season with salt and pepper, stir in sour cream, tomato puree, parsley. If the mixture is very runny, add the breadcrumbs.
Step 8
Roll out the dough on a floured surface and cut out circles about 10 cm in diameter. Spread the filling on the halves of each disc and fold the circles in half, pinching the edges.
Step 9
Heat the vegetable oil in a saucepan, fry the pies until golden brown, spreading on paper napkins to let the glass excess oil. Serve with salsa sauce.
