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Crab And Goat Cheese Empanadas

Type: Fish, Shellfish
Courses: Starters and appetizers
Serves: 6 people

Recipe Ingredients

  Dough
2 cups 125g / 4.4ozAll-purpose flour
1 teaspoon 5mlSalt
1/4 lb 113g / 4ozButter - plus
2 tablespoons 30mlButter - cut small cubes
1/3 cup 78mlCold water
  Filling
1 tablespoon 15mlOlive oil
1   Spanish onion - chopped
3   Garlic cloves - minced
1/4   Habanero - minced
1 lb 454g / 16ozPicked lump crabmeat
1 cup 146g / 5.1ozSoft goats cheese
1 teaspoon 5mlChopped thyme
1/4 cup 36g / 1.3ozChopped Italian parsley
  Salt - to taste
  Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
  Mango Chutney
2   Mangoes - peeled, seeded,
  And chopped
1 tablespoon 15mlChopped fresh ginger
1/4   Spanish onion - chopped
1 tablespoon 15mlRice wine vinegar
2 tablespoons 30mlSugar
1 tablespoon 15mlCornstarch - mixed with
2 tablespoons 30mlWater

Recipe Instructions

For the Dough: Combine flour, salt, and butter in food processor, run until it becomes a coarse meal. Add all the water and pulse until it forms a dough. Allow to rest for 1/2 hour.

For the Filling: In a saute pan on medium, heat olive oil and saute onion, garlic, and habanero. In a large mixing bowl, combine with the remaining ingredients. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper.

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface, making a rough circle about 1/8-inch thick. With a 3-inch diameter cookie cutter, cut circles.

Place about 2 teaspoons of the filling into the center of each circle. Moisten the exposed dough with a finger dipped in water. Fold the empanada in half, press the firmly together, sealing with a fork around the edge. Bake for 15 minutes. Serve with Mango Chutney.

For the Mango Chutney: Combine all ingredients in a saucepan. Cook on low for 30 minutes. Add cornstarch if desired to thicken.

This recipe yields 4 to 6 servings.

Source:
MELTING POT with Michelle Bernstein - (Show # MP-1B60) - from the TV FOOD NETWORK

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