Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, tuna empanadas. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Tuna Empanadas is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Tuna Empanadas is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
These baked tuna fish empanadas are made with a filling of canned tuna, onions, bell peppers, garlic, olives, capers, paprika, and oregano. Tuna empanada a.ka. empanada de Atún (in Spanish) is my favorite quick snack. This tuna empanada is easy to make, thanks to store-bought frozen puff pastry.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have tuna empanadas using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Tuna Empanadas:
- Make ready Crust
- Prepare 2 1/2 cups All Purpose Flour and 1 cup or more for dusting and kneading
- Make ready 1 teaspoon salt
- Take 6 tablespoons cold unsalted butter cut into cubes (chilled)
- Take 3/4 cup margarine or vegetable shortening
- Prepare 1/2 cup cold water
- Make ready Filling
- Take I use 4 canned flavored canned tuna such as afritada 175gms and drained
- Get 1 cup cheddar cheese cut into strips
- Prepare You can use other fillings you like cooked ham, chicken fillet, ground pork or beef or even fruits!
These Tuna Empanadas are made with Chunk Light Tuna, spices, tomatoes and cheese. Just spoon the mixture into sections of a pie crust, fold and seal, then bake until golden brown. Tuna empanada is one of the many varieties of empanada. I made this delicious tuna empanada recipe the other day after examining the kitchen for an hour trying to think of what I could make.
Instructions to make Tuna Empanadas:
- Crust. Mix the flour and salt together in a large bowl. Add the butter and shortening.
- Measure 1/2 cup (120ml) of water in a cup. Add ice. Stir it around. From that, measure 1/2 cup (120ml) of water– since the ice has melted a bit. Drizzle the cold water in, 1 Tablespoon (15ml) at a time, and stir with a rubber spatula or wooden spoon after every Tablespoon (15ml) added. Do not add any more water than you need to. Stop adding water when the dough begins to form large clumps.
- Transfer the pie dough to a floured work surface. The dough should come together easily and should not feel overly sticky. Using floured hands, fold the dough into itself until the flour is fully incorporated into the fats. Form it into a ball. Divide dough in half. Flatten each half into 1-inch thick discs using your hands.
- Wrap each tightly in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
- When rolling out the chilled pie dough discs to use in your pie, always use gentle force with your rolling pin. Start from the center of the disc and work your way out in all directions, turning the dough with your hands as you go. Visible specks of butter and fat in the dough are perfectly normal and expected!
- Form small discs about 5 inches in diameter and at least.25 inch thick or your desired thickness.
- Fill your pie with the tuna filling about 3 tablespoons of the tuna on one side of your crust then add cheese. Then fold sealing the sides using fork.
- I bake my empanadas rather than frying. At 350 degrees for 10 mins in the oven.
Luckily I had all the ingredients needed to make them. Galician Tuna Pie (Empanada Gallega de Bonito). Large pies or turnovers called empanadas are traditional in the cuisine of Galicia, a region located in northwest Spain. Empanadas are a South American special. This pie will feed a family using just one can of tuna Fill with the tuna mix and top with the pie lid.
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