 Empanadas
with Yellow and Red Tomato Salsa
Empanada Dough
4 cups masa harina
2 oz. Butter
1 teasp. Salt
3 ½ cups flour
12.oz enchilada sauce
Combine masa harina and salt in a medium bowl. Heat butter,
water and enchilada sauce in a small suace pan. Add liquid
ingredients to dry ingredients. Mix until it comes together,
adding more water if necessary. Mixture should have play dough
consistency. Cover with plastic wrap until ready to assemble.
Empanada Filling
1 ½ lbs. ground beef
1 small onion diced
1 large clove garlic minced
1 package baby spinach
8 oz. shredded cheddar cheese
½ teasp. cumin
salt & fresh ground pepper to taste
In a large skillet brown ground beef with onions and garlic.
Remove from the fire and strain fat off. Trim stems from spinach
and had to ground beef mixture with spices and seasonings. Add
cheese and mix to slightly bind.
Spray six inidividual 4 inch tart pans with vegetable spray.
Divide epanada dough into twelve parts. Roll one part into a
five inch circle and transfer to tart pan. Fill with filling .
Roll another part of dough for the top. Repeat process. Bake
tarts a 350 until lightly brown and dough starts to crack.
Yellow and Red Tomato Salsa
1 small red onion
1 large clove garlic minced
1 large red pepper
1 large yellow tomato
1 large red tomato
1 small bunch cilantro chiffonade
2 tbsp. olive oil
salt and pepper t.t.
Small dice vegetables. In olive oil saute onion and garlic
until transparent. Add peppers and saute briefly. Remove from
fire and had tomatoes, cilantro and seasonings, tossing quickly.
This can be served cold or you can briefly return it to the fire
to warm.
Presentation: Remove Empanadas from tart pans. Slice them in
half and slightly separate the halves. Top with the salsa.
Chef’s Notes:
Serve with a Small Caesar Salad and a roasted red pepper sour
cream sauce..
Masa Harina
Masa is the traditional dough used to make corn tortillas. It is
made with sun or fire dried corn kernels that have been cooked
in lime water, soaked in it overnight then ground into masa.
Masa harina is flour made form dried masa... or corn flour. Most
grocery stores stock masa harina.
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