Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, tuna empanadas. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Tuna Empanadas is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They are fine 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. These Tuna Empanadas remind me of those hot summer days on the beach in my hometown of In this case, I added some Chile Ancho salsa to the dough in order to give the empanadas some color.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have tuna empanadas using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Tuna Empanadas:
- Take Crust
- Take 2 1/2 cups All Purpose Flour and 1 cup or more for dusting and kneading
- Make ready 1 teaspoon salt
- Make ready 6 tablespoons cold unsalted butter cut into cubes (chilled)
- Make ready 3/4 cup margarine or vegetable shortening
- Take 1/2 cup cold water
- Make ready Filling
- Get I use 4 canned flavored canned tuna such as afritada 175gms and drained
- Prepare 1 cup cheddar cheese cut into strips
- Make ready You can use other fillings you like cooked ham, chicken fillet, ground pork or beef or even fruits!
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. 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.
Steps 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.
Tuna empanada is one of the many varieties of empanada. 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. Your Tuna Empanadas stock images are ready.
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