Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, tuna empanadas. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
These baked tuna fish empanadas are made with a filling of canned tuna, onions, bell peppers, garlic, olives, capers, paprika, and oregano. No bake tuna Empanada using a canned century tuna. Tried this recipe many times and everytime I make this everybody was delighted.
Tuna Empanadas is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. Tuna Empanadas is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have tuna empanadas using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Tuna Empanadas:
- Get Crust
- Get All Purpose Flour and 1 cup or more for dusting and kneading
- Get salt
- Make ready cold unsalted butter cut into cubes (chilled)
- Get margarine or vegetable shortening
- Make ready cold water
- Prepare Filling
- Make ready I use 4 canned flavored canned tuna such as afritada 175gms and drained
- Get 1 cup cheddar cheese cut into strips
- Take You can use other fillings you like cooked ham, chicken fillet, ground pork or beef or even fruits!
It's very tasty, guilt-free and healthy kind of snack that you can prepare for your family. It's time to prepare a different kind of. 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.
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.
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. Luckily I had all the ingredients needed to make them. 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. Brush the edges with egg then fold over the sides and press.
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