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Portuguese Empanadas
Empanadas stuffed with Portuguese chourico, ground beef, spices and a creamy lemony sauce ; then baked until golden brown.
👥 36 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 50 min⏳ Prep: 20 min🔥 Cook: 20 min👤 Carrie's Experimental Kitchen📖 carriesexperimentalkitchen
🥘 Ingredients
Check off ingredients as you prepare them:
🍳 Cookware
- pan
- skillet
- pot
- whisk
- oven
- baking sheet
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Heat the oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium high heat. Add the chorizo, ground beef, onions, garlic, tomatoes, bay leaf, salt and pepper and cook until the meat is no longer pink. Remove the pan from the heat, discard the bay leaf and set aside while you make the sauce mixture.
Diced Onion,1 tablespoonMinced Garlic1 tablespoonBay Leaf1
2
Melt the butter in a small pot over medium high heat; then add flour to form a roux. Next, add milk, parsley, lemon juice, ground nutmeg and cream cheese. Whisk until the cheese is melted and the sauce is silky; then add the meat mixture and mix well.(You can prepare this mixture the day before; then refrigerate until ready to make your empanadas.)
Butter2 tablespoonMilk1 cupParsley1 teaspoonLemon Juice1 teaspoonCream Cheese1 ounce
3
Start by bringing your pie crust to room temperature and preheating the oven to 375 degrees F. Spray some cooking spray on two sheet pans; then make a space to roll out the dough and fill the patties.
Cooking Spray
4
Working with one dough at a time, roll out the dough with a rolling pin so that it's flat. Using a 3 1/2-inch cookie/biscuit cutter, cut out circles. (You will have to re-roll out the dough to cut more circles out per dough sheet and will have a little waste.)
5
Using a small spoon, add a dollop of the meat mixture on top of the dough circle. Fold the dough in half; then pinch the ends to seal the dough and place on the baking sheet. (They won't spread when cooking so you can place them close together.)
6
Repeat for all empanadas; then make an egg wash by mixing the egg with a little water and brush it on top of the empanadas. Bake the empanadas for ⏱️ 10-12 minutes until the dough is cooked and golden brown; serve hot
large Egg (for egg wash)1
Nutrition Facts
calories
103 kcal
fat Content
6 g
serving Size
1 g
fiber Content
0.5 g
sugar Content
1 g
sodium Content
107 mg
protein Content
3 g
trans Fat Content
0.05 g
cholesterol Content
14 mg
carbohydrate Content
8 g
saturated Fat Content
2 g
unsaturated Fat Content
3 g
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