{"id":921,"date":"2019-10-11T18:35:46","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T23:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jessicatijerina.com\/?p=921"},"modified":"2019-10-11T18:35:46","modified_gmt":"2019-10-11T23:35:46","slug":"empanada-dough-fry-or-bake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jessicatijerina.com\/index.php\/2019\/10\/11\/empanada-dough-fry-or-bake\/","title":{"rendered":"Empanada Dough: Fry or Bake?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Empanada Dough (Baking)<\/h2>\n

Yield:<\/strong> 10 Medium or 20 Small\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ingredients<\/strong>
\n3\u00a0cups\u00a0all-purpose flour
\n\u00bd teaspoon\u00a0salt
\n6\u00a0oz\u00a0unsalted butter\u00a0(1 stick of butter = 4 oz)
\n1\u00a0egg
\n1\/4\u00a0cup\u00a0to 1\/2 cup of water or milk\u00a0adjust as needed for a soft and smooth dough<\/p>\n

Method<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Mix the flour and salt in a food processor.<\/li>\n
  2. Add the butter and pulse.<\/li>\n
  3. Add the egg and the water or milk (in small increments) and continue pulsing until a clumpy dough is formed.<\/li>\n
  4. Turn out onto a lightly floured work surface and knead 10 minutes until smooth dough if formed.<\/li>\n
  5. Split the dough* into 2 large balls, flatten slightly into the shape of disks.\n
      \n
    1. *The dough can be used immediately or refrigerated until ready to use (1-2 days max).<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
    2. Roll out the dough into a thin sheet and cut out round disc shapes for empanadas.<\/li>\n
    3. You can also make small individual balls with the dough and roll out each individual ball to a round shape.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      *Option: If you have a tortilla press you can use it to flatten the dough balls.<\/em><\/p>\n

      Use immediately, or store in the refrigerator\/freezer to use later.<\/p>\n

       <\/p>\n

      Empanada Dough (Frying)<\/h2>\n

      Yield:<\/strong> 10 Medium or 20 Small<\/p>\n

      Ingredients<\/strong>
      \n6\u00a0cups\u00a0all-purpose flour + bench
      \n1 teaspoon\u00a0salt
      \n5\u00a0oz oil
      \n12 oz water
      \n1\u00a0egg<\/p>\n

      Method<\/strong><\/p>\n

        \n
      1. Combine flour and salt.<\/li>\n
      2. Add oil and water and mix with a wooden spoon.<\/li>\n
      3. Turn out onto a lightly floured work surface and knead for 10-15 minutes.<\/li>\n
      4. Refrigerate in plastic wrap for 1-2 hours.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Empanada Dough (Baking) Yield: 10 Medium or 20 Small\u00a0 Ingredients 3\u00a0cups\u00a0all-purpose flour \u00bd teaspoon\u00a0salt 6\u00a0oz\u00a0unsalted butter\u00a0(1 stick of butter = 4 oz) 1\u00a0egg 1\/4\u00a0cup\u00a0to 1\/2 cup of water or milk\u00a0adjust as needed for a soft and smooth dough Method Mix<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[24,686,681,684,683,682,685],"class_list":{"1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-recipes","7":"tag-dough","8":"tag-dumpling","9":"tag-empanada-dough","10":"tag-meat-patty","11":"tag-mexican-meat-pie","12":"tag-mexico-dumpling","13":"tag-pasty"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jessicatijerina.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jessicatijerina.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jessicatijerina.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jessicatijerina.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jessicatijerina.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=921"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jessicatijerina.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":922,"href":"https:\/\/jessicatijerina.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921\/revisions\/922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jessicatijerina.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jessicatijerina.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jessicatijerina.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}