LIKE A BIG LOSER, I GOT MY DATES MIXED UP, CARA AND JOEL’S ANNIVERSARY IS THE 4TH AND LAUREN AND CRISS’S IS THE 6TH, BOY WHAT A TERRIBLE FRIEND. CARA AND JOEL, I’M SORRY. I HOPE YOU HAD A WONDERFUL ANNIVERSARY! I LOVE YOU GUYS!!! HAPPY BELATED ANNIVERSARY!
On Sunday, Steve and I made yummy empanadas for lunch. Instead of the normal pino filling, Steve and I made pizza ones, and then deep fried them. They were wonderful. I thought I would give you a traditional empanada recipe, these are baked, hence de horno…
4 c. all purpose flour
1T. baking powder
salt
1 egg yolk
1 1/2 c. warm milk
1c. shortening, melted
Sift the flour, baking powder and salt. Add the beaten eggs, the milk and the melted lard. Mix; divide into 20 pieces. Roll each piece into a circle (so it’s flat). Put a spoonful of the cold stuffing on half the circle and fold over. Wet the edge with milk, fold over again. Bake in hot oven at 400 until brown and cooked.
*We can just buy empanada wrappers at the store, but I may try making them from scratch, sounds easy enough.
Pino Filling
2T. oil
1 t. paprika
4 onions finely sliced
1/2 t chili powder
1/2 t. cumin
1/2 t. oregano
salt
1 lb ground meat
3 hard boiled eggs sliced
20 black olives
40 large raisins
Heat the oil with paprika. Fry the onions until soft. Add the chili powder, oregano, cumin and salt. Add the beef and mix with onions. Cook until tender. Let sit overnight in fridge.
Fill the empanadas and add slices of egg, raisins and olives, divided between the 20 empanadas.
If you like them shiny, paint with a glaze made of 1 egg beaten with 2 T. milk before putting them in the oven.
In traditional Chilean homes empanadas are eaten every Sunday after mass with a glass of red wine. You can fill with whatever you like. It’s fun to experiment!!
This weekend, Steve and I put up our xmas decorations. The house looks wonderful. It basically feels like xmas, except it’s in the 70s-80s. I can’t complain though, I love it. Steve and I ended up hosting a mexican themed birthday party on Saturday. We had about 15 people, and had a great time. It ended in a poker game, that, of course, I went out first, but Steve made it to 2nd place. He won 8,000 pesos. Which is around $15.
