EMPANADAS



Ingredients: 3 cups of whole wheat flour, one egg, 1/4 tablespoon of salt, 1 stick of unsalted butter, 6-8 tablespoon of water, Add all the ingredients together and add water as needed to make dough stick together. Knead dough until it becomes a clump ball. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.



Flatten dough and use a small bowl or mug to make circles for empanada. The ingredients listed should make about 25 small size empanadas.

Add stuffing in empanada. For mine, i kept it low-fat with lean ground turkey meat stir fried with onions, cumin, olive oil, diced celery, carrots spiced with parsely and oregano leaves. You can choose to go vegetarian and just use vegetables and cheese. I added cheddar cheese to another batch which makes the empanada juicy inside.

Fold the empanada and seal the edges with your fingers first and after to make sealed ridges, use a fork and press down on the edges all around. Use egg whites to cover the empanada before baking in the oven to give it the nice glow when it's cooked.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees and cook empanadas for 15-18 minutes. Feel free to wipe the empanadas with more egg whites to give it the nice glow.

The finished product. You can serve these with salsa to add flavoe and juice to the empanada or just it eat it plain. These are low-fat empanadas since it's made out of 100% whole wheat flour with lean ingredients. Dont be afraid to eat more.

Voila. The batch i made with the cheese inside topped with salsa. So good and fresh from scratch