• 4/8 Nat Empanada Day - 3

    From Dave Drum@1:18/200 to All on Wednesday, April 06, 2022 10:21:08
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    Title: Spinach Empanadas
    Categories: Latino, Vegetables, Pastry, Cheese
    Yield: 60 Servings

    MMMMM---------------------------PASTRY--------------------------------
    16 oz Cream cheese; softened
    3/4 c Butter; softened
    2 1/2 c Flour
    1/2 ts Salt

    MMMMM--------------------------FILLING-------------------------------
    1/4 c Onion; fine chopped
    3 cl Garlic; minced
    4 sl Bacon; cooked, crumbled
    1 tb Bacon dripping
    10 oz Spinach; thawed, drained
    1 c Cottage cheese
    1/4 ts Pepper
    1/8 ts Nutmeg; ground
    1 lg Egg; beaten

    In a large mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese and butter
    till smooth. (Use a stand mixer, since the mixture is
    heavy.) Gradually add in the flour and salt. Lightly
    knead the dough by hand. Cover with plastic wrap and
    refrigerate for 3 hours.

    In a medium skillet, cook the onion and garlic in bacon
    dripping until the onion is tender but not brown. Mix in
    the bacon, spinach, cottage cheese, pepper, and nutmeg;
    let the mixture cool.

    Preheat the oven to 450oF. Roll out the pastry on a
    floured surface to a thickness of 1/8". Cut 3" circles
    in the pastry, place 1 teaspoon of the filling in each
    circle, just to one side of the center. Moisten the edge
    of the circle with the egg, fold the dough over the
    filling to make a semicircular empanada. Seal the edges
    with fork tines, and poke the top of each pastry with a
    fork to make a vent.

    Put the empanadas on an ungreased cookie sheet, brush
    their tops with egg, and bake for 10 to 12 minutes or
    until golden.

    Makes 60 empanadas.

    From: tak@bushrat.jpl.nasa.gov (Tom Kreitzberg)

    From: http://www.recipesource.com

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