Empanaditas sea filled with boats Tapa Delicious empanaditas, ie bundles of pasta, made with a filling of shrimp. In Mexico, the empanadas are prepared with meat or with various jams, so if you do not like fish or do you prefer another flavor, maybe sweet, you just have to vary the stuffing ...
Ingredients for the filling ... - 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 / 2 white onion, finely chopped 3 cloves garlic
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- finely chopped 750 g ripe tomatoes, skinned and finely chopped 2 bay leaves
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- salt and freshly ground pepper
- 500 g prawns, peeled and chopped 4
- chiles jalapenos or Serranos (you should find in large supermarkets), chopped finely with a tablespoon of liquid retains
- 8 green olives
. .. and for the dough: - 1 cup (250 g) unsalted butter at room temperature
- 185 g of light cream cheese, at room temperature
- 2 cups wheat flour salt
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- 1 egg
Preparing the filling ... To prepare the filling, heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the onion and garlic; soffriggete per circa 2 minuti, fino a quando sono morbidi ma non ancora dorati. Aggiungete il pomodoro, le foglie di alloro, il sale ed il pepe a piacimento.
Abbassate il fuoco a medio-basso e continuate a cuocere per 10-15 minuti, mescolando di tanto in tanto, finchè il tutto non è secco. Aggiungete i gamberoni, il chile con il liquido della conserva, le olive e mescolate fino a quando i gamberoni non sono opachi e la salsa non diventa secca. Occorreranno circa 5 minuti. Togliete dal fuoco e con l'aiuto di un cucchiaio spezzettate bene le foglie di alloro. Lasciate reffreddare e fate riposare il composto in frigorifero per 10 ore. Aggiunget sale e pepe a piacimento. Il ripieno dovrà risultare molto condito e avere un sapore molto intenso.
... And the dough: to prepare the dough in a bowl, beat butter and cream cheese with a wooden spoon to mix well. Add flour, 1 / 2 teaspoon salt and stir. Knead only when the mass is the mass and keeps it together can form a ball. Cover with plastic wrap and let cool for 15 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 190 ° C. Lightly butter a baking sheet. Divide the dough in half on a lightly floured surface. Roll out until about 3 mm thick. Using a round cookie cutter of 7.5 cm, started to cut circles. Put a spoonful of filling in center of each circle, and close a half on that other and pressed with your fingers to seal well. Use the tip of a fork for crimping the edges of empanaditas.
Beat the egg with 1 / 2 tablespoon water and brush the surface of the half moons. Put them on lightly buttered baking dish and bake for about 15 minutes, until lightly browned. Let cool for 5 minutes and serve hot or at room temperature.