Fruity empanadas |
Recipe Of Fruity empanadas:
Ingredients for dough
- Flour 2 cups
- Caster sugar 2 tbsp heaped
- Salt ¼ tsp
- Butter 4 ounce
- Egg 1
- Chilled water to knead
Ingredients for filling
- Mango or strawberry jam as required
Oil for frying
- Icing sugar to sprinkle
Method for dough
In a bowl mix together flour, sugar, salt, butter until mixture resembles bread crumbs, add eggs and chilled water to form into a dough, chill dough for 30 minutes, roll dough 1/8 inch thick, cut with 3 ½ inch cutter, place 1 tsp heaped jam in centre of round, moisten edges of dough with water, fold in half, seal edges by pressing fork, deep fry empanadas for 2 to 3 minutes until golden brown, drain. Dust with icing sugar and serve.
In a bowl mix together flour, sugar, salt, butter until mixture resembles bread crumbs, add eggs and chilled water to form into a dough, chill dough for 30 minutes, roll dough 1/8 inch thick, cut with 3 ½ inch cutter, place 1 tsp heaped jam in centre of round, moisten edges of dough with water, fold in half, seal edges by pressing fork, deep fry empanadas for 2 to 3 minutes until golden brown, drain. Dust with icing sugar and serve.