Spinach Empanadas

Recipe Ingredients

		Pastry
16 oz	454g	Cream cheese - softened
3/4 cup	148g / 5.2oz	Butter - softened
2 1/2 cups	156g / 5.5oz	Flour
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Salt
		Filling
1/4 cup	15g / 0.5oz	Onion - finely chopped
3		Garlic clove - minced
4		Bacon - cooked and crumbled
1 tablespoon	15ml	Bacon drippings
10 oz	284g	Spinach - frozen, thawed
		Drained
1 cup	146g / 5.1oz	Cottage cheese
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Pepper
1/8 teaspoon	0.6ml	Nutmeg - ground
1		Egg - beaten

Recipe Instructions

In a large mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese and butter till smooth. (Use a stand mixer, since the mixture is heavy.) Gradually add in the flour and salt. Lightly knead the dough by hand. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 3 hours.

In a medium skillet, cook the onion and garlic in the bacon drippings until the onion is tender but not brown. Mix in the bacon, spinach, cottage cheese, pepper, and nutmeg; let the mixture cool.

Preheat the oven to 450 F. Roll out the pastry on a floured surface to a thickness of 1/8 inch. Cut 3-inch circles in the pastry, place 1 teaspoon of the filling in each circle, just to one side of the center. Moisten the edge of the circle with the egg, fold the dough in half over the filling to make a semicircular empanada. Seal the edges with fork tines, and poke the top of each pastry with a fork to make a vent. Put the empanadas on an ungreased cookie sheet, brush their tops with egg, and bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until golden.

Makes 60 empanadas.

Source:
Madhur Jaffrey

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