Subj : 4/8 Nat Empanada Day - 3
To   : All
From : Dave Drum
Date : Wed Apr 06 2022 10:17:59

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      Title: Spinach Empanadas
 Categories: Latino, Vegetables, Pastry, Cheese
      Yield: 60 Servings
 
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     16 oz Cream cheese; softened
    3/4 c  Butter; softened
  2 1/2 c  Flour
    1/2 ts Salt

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    1/4 c  Onion; fine chopped
      3 cl Garlic; minced
      4 sl Bacon; cooked, crumbled
      1 tb Bacon dripping
     10 oz Spinach; thawed, drained
      1 c  Cottage cheese
    1/4 ts Pepper
    1/8 ts Nutmeg; ground
      1 lg Egg; beaten
 
  In a large mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese and butter
  till smooth. (Use a stand mixer, since the mixture is
  heavy.) Gradually add in the flour and salt. Lightly
  knead the dough by hand. Cover with plastic wrap and
  refrigerate for 3 hours.
  
  In a medium skillet, cook the onion and garlic in bacon
  dripping until the onion is tender but not brown. Mix in
  the bacon, spinach, cottage cheese, pepper, and nutmeg;
  let the mixture cool.
  
  Preheat the oven to 450oF. Roll out the pastry on a
  floured surface to a thickness of 1/8". Cut 3" circles
  in the pastry, place 1 teaspoon of the filling in each
  circle, just to one side of the center. Moisten the edge
  of the circle with the egg, fold the dough over the
  filling to make a semicircular empanada. Seal the edges
  with fork tines, and poke the top of each pastry with a
  fork to make a vent.
  
  Put the empanadas on an ungreased cookie sheet, brush
  their tops with egg, and bake for 10 to 12 minutes or
  until golden.
  
  Makes 60 empanadas.
  
  From: tak@bushrat.jpl.nasa.gov (Tom Kreitzberg)
  
  From: http://www.recipesource.com
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
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