Empanadas De Camote Con Pina Recipe
Ingredients
Filling:
1 cup cooked yam, mashed
1/2 cup crushed pineapple, drained
1 tablespoon lime or lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg, beaten
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1/2 cup blanched almonds, chopped
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
Pastry:
2 cups sifted all purpose flour
2 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup shortening
5 or 6 tablespoons ice water
Directions
To make the filling: Combine mashed yam with pineapple and all remaining ingredients for the filling.
Set aside.
To make pastry: Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
Cut in shortening with a pastry blender or two knives until mixture looks mealy.
Add water, just enough to hold pastry together when kneaded lightly.
Roll as thin as pie pastry on a lightly floured board and cut into circles, 3 to 4 inches in diameter.
Spoon filling on one half of the circle, wet edge of pastry with a little water, then fold other half of pastry over, and press edges together with fork tines.
Prick pastry tops.
Bake in a preheated 375° oven for 15 to 20 minutes or until delicately browned.
Set aside.
To make pastry: Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
Cut in shortening with a pastry blender or two knives until mixture looks mealy.
Add water, just enough to hold pastry together when kneaded lightly.
Roll as thin as pie pastry on a lightly floured board and cut into circles, 3 to 4 inches in diameter.
Spoon filling on one half of the circle, wet edge of pastry with a little water, then fold other half of pastry over, and press edges together with fork tines.
Prick pastry tops.
Bake in a preheated 375° oven for 15 to 20 minutes or until delicately browned.
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