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PANAMA CANAL ZONE EMPANADAS Recipe

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Category:
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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
EMPANADA DOUGH: 1/2 cup Crisco chilled
5 cups flour 1/4 cup cream cheese
1 1/2 tsp. salt 3 tbsp. water
1 cup butter

FILLING:
1 pound ground pork 2 bay leafs
1 pound hamburger 5 cloves chopped garlic
2 medium onions chopped 2 small tomatoes chopped or
2 sweet peppers minced l can crushed tomatoes
1/4 cup currants 8 tbsp. olive oil
1/4 cup raisins 1 tsp. oregano
2 tbsp. capers 1 tsp. crushed red pepper
20 stuffed olives chopped 1 sprig parsley chopped
2 hard boiled eggs chopped 1 tsp. curry powder
2 tbsp. tomato paste 2 envelopes Sazon
Directions:
Directions:
DOUGH:
Sift flour and salt into a mixing bowl and cut in the chilled Crisco, butter and cream cheese. Till it until resembles a coarse cornmeal, using two knives. Add a little water until the pastry sticks together into a ball. Put dough in fridge for a couple of hours. Cut the ball in half and roll out each half to a 1/8 inch thickness. Cut with cookie cutter or a 4 inch soup bowl.In the middle of each round put a tsp of filling. Fold over and flute edges with a fork. Brush the top of the empanadas with beaten egg. Bake in oven at 400 degrees until golden brown.
FILLING:
Put oil in large frying pan, when oil is hot, add onions and sauté until caramelized and golden brown. add garlic after 3 minutes then add rest of ingredients, Simmer all for 30 minutes until moist but not runny. Salt and pepper to taste. serve with chimichurri or Colombian aji.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
100
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
3 hours
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
When I was growing up in the Canal Zone, during the 50's and 60's, these empanadas were part of my school lunch. I would open the empanadas and add a little ketchup, mustard and sweet relish. Viola! An instant hamburger.

 

 

 

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