Texas Blackberry and Strawberry Empanadas

Name: Texas Blackberry and Strawberry Empanadas
Prep time: 1 h 13 min
Cook time: 1 h 13 min
Total time: 1 h 13 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Spanish, European
Ingredients: 4 teaspoons baking powder; 237 milliliters blackberries; 237 milliliters chicken stock; 2 larges eggs; 946 milliliters all-purpose flour; 118 milliliters goat cheese; 4 servings Peanut oil, for frying; 1 teaspoons salt; 237 milliliters wild strawberries, roughly chopped; 59 milliliters sugar; 2 Tbsps sugar; 237 milliliters vegetable shortening; 2 Tbsps water

The recipe Texas Blackberry and Strawberry Empanadas could satisfy your European craving in roughly 1 hour and 13 minutes. This recipe serves 4. This main course has 1151 calories, 23g of protein, and 63g of fat per serving. If you have sugar, blackberries, chicken stock, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the sugar you could follow this main course with the Whole Wheat Refined Sugar Free Sugar Cookies as a dessert. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Mother's Day. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet.

Instructions

In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, salt and baking powder and mix well.

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Baking Powder

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

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Mixing Bowl

Add shortening and break it up by hand until it resembles cornmeal.

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Shortening

Cornmeal

Add chicken stock and knead until all is incorporated.

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Chicken Stock

Let it rest, covered, for at least 30 minutes in cooler.

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Cooler

Meanwhile, make the filling.

Combine blackberries, strawberries, goat cheese and sugar and mix well.

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Blackberries

Strawberries

Goat Cheese

Sugar

When the dough has chilled, roll it out to 1/4-inch thickness on a lightly floured surface with a rolling pin.

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Dough

Roll

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Cut circles out of the dough with a 4-inch round cutter. Spoon a heaping tablespoon of filling into the center of each dough circle. Beat the eggs and water together in a small bowl.

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Dough

Water

Egg

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Brush the egg wash all around the edges of the dough. Fold the dough over the filling to make the circles into half moons. Crimp the edges with the tines of a fork to seal the dough closed.

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Dough

Egg

Heat a pan, filled half way up with peanut oil, to 350 degrees F.

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Peanut Oil