Argentine Homemade Empanadas

If you travel to this country, you cannot return without eating the typical Argentine homemade empanadas, asado and dulce de leche (in that order to fulfill the starter, the first course and the dessert).

But if you are not lucky enough to visit this beautiful country, then make your own Argentine empanadas. In this article we will tell you how.

Recipe n ° 1 of Argentine homemade empanadas

Did you know that there are contests to reward the richest pie? And that the different cities or towns “fight” to know who has been the creator of this food?

Ingredients (for 18 units)

For the mass

• 3 cups of flour (750 g).
• 1 pinch of salt.
• 170 grams of butter.

• 15 tablespoons of cold water.

For the filling

• ¾ kg of onion.
• 400 grams of minced meat or cut with a knife.
• Tomato puree.
• 200 grams of raisins (optional).
• 100 grams of olives (optional).
• 1 spoon of sugar.
• Salt, pepper and cumin to taste.

How do you prepare?

Preparation of the dough

• To do this, mix the flour with the salt.
• Then, make a hole in the middle and add the butter at room temperature, the water and the egg.
• Mix well to form a dough, wrap in plastic wrap and then refrigerate for 40 minutes.
• After that time, stretch the dough with a rolling pin, until it is very thin, ½ cm thick.
• Then, using a circular mold (it can be the lid of a jar), cut the disks of the empanadas (about 12 cm in diameter).

Preparation of the filling

• Chop the onion well and then fry it in a frying pan with a drizzle of oil.
• When it is transparent, add the minced meat and also the raisins.
• Season with the cumin and also season.
• Let the meat cook well and then add a few tablespoons of tomato puree, the sugar and, if you like, a splash of red wine.
• Cook 20 minutes over low heat, remove and let cool.

To put them together

• The filling has to be cold or warm.
• Take the discs one by one, wet your finger with a little water and then soak the edges of the dough.
• Add a tablespoon of the filling and some olive pieces (some also put cut hard boiled eggs in them) in the center of the dough.
• Fold in half so that you have a semicircle and then make the closure. This can be the most complicated part, because you should try not to open them, you can help yourself with a fork.

Cooking homemade Argentine empanadas

• First, turn the oven to 180 ° C. Arrange the empanadas on a baking sheet with a little oil so that they do not stick.

• Brush them on top with egg, also prick a few times with the fork and bake for at least 15 minutes, until the dough is ready.
• Then remove from the oven and wait a few minutes for them to cool down a bit and that’s it.

Recipe n ° 2 of Argentine homemade empanadas

Although the “original” or quintessential recipe of this country is made with meat, in some areas they can also be consumed with other fillings, such as the so-called humita empanadas, which are offered in northern Argentina.

They are cooked with corn and also have their different versions depending on the locality where we consume them.

Ingredients

For the filling

• 50 grams of butter.
• 1 onion.
• ½ red pepper.
• 2 tablespoons of flour.
• 8 ears of corn.
• 200 cc of milk.

• Salt and white pepper to taste.
• Paprika and ground chili to taste.
• 200 grams of cheese (optional).

To brown

• 1 egg.
• 1 spoon of sugar.

Steps to follow

For the mass

• To make the dough for the empanadas, follow the instructions in the previous recipe or if you get the discs, buy them made.

Stuffed

• For the filling, grate 6 ears of corn and boil with a little water and also salt.
• Also remove the cloves from the other 2 remaining corns.
• Julienne the onion and also the pepper, sauté with a little oil and season with salt and pepper.
• Add the flour and cooked and raw corns. Pour in the milk and let it boil and thicken.
• Season to taste. Let it cool down. You can then place cubes of mozzarella cheese or similar.

How to make homemade Argentine empanadas?

• Assemble the empanadas with the technique of the other recipe.
• Paint with egg and also sprinkle with a little sugar.
• Cook in the oven over moderate heat for 25 minutes.

Two delicious recipes that you will certainly repeat.