This versatile dough can be used for sweet or savory empanadas and can be baked or fried. Instructions: Sift the flour and salt into a large bowl and blend in the butter with your fingertips or a ...

This recipe for mini pumpkin empanadas are my version of Mexican hand pies, featuring a buttery, warm, and aromatic coating, ...

Empanadas are fried, baked or air-fried hand pies that have either a savory or sweet filling, which is very popular in South America. They are also known as empanadillas (or pastelillos), depending on ...

A let’s-get-a-few-friends-together soiree begs for party snacks with a few surprise ingredients -- bite-size turnovers that have personality and that go down perfectly with either a glass of crisp, ...

Ten years ago, Fuego Bistro had 13 tables. Today, Jeff Ward's central Phoenix restaurant has 32. Why? Ward credits the “best kitchen staff in the country." Four chefs, all brothers, have worked in the ...

Over the years, Santos has made a commitment to himself—and those who try his food—to honor his Mexican heritage by infusing the familiar flavors and culinary techniques he grew up with into his ...

The dough must rest properly and has to be rolled out thinly to be workable, but once you get it down, this is an easy dough to handle. When forming the empanadas, make sure the edges are well sealed ...

Note: Unlike the individual empanadas of Latin America, the Spanish empanada is a large pie that can be sliced into individual portions for a picnic lunch or a sit-down dinner. You can substitute ...

Sonora has two distinct cuisines, one based on the bounty of the land, the other born of the bounty of the sea. The mountainous east is the land of roaming herds of cattle, wild greens grown in river ...

Savory or sweet... flour or corn dough... there are many styles of empanadas from various cuisines around the world. There are the classic Spanish empanadas sometimes stuffed with tuna, Colombian ...

Houston loves its empanadas. But when most of us walk into a panadería, we’re scooping up bags of pastries stuffed with pineapple, strawberry, sweet potato and other sugary fillings. But mastering the ...