Tuna Empanaditas

Name: Tuna Empanaditas
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 60
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps drained capers, rinsed and chopped; 118 milliliters finely chopped onion; 118 milliliters finely chopped pimiento-stuffed green olives (3 oz, drained); 489 grams package frozen puff pastry sheets, thawed; 170 grams light tuna in olive oil (not drained)

Tunan Empanaditas is a dairy free and pescatarian recipe with 60 servings. This recipe covers 1% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains about 1g of protein, 4g of fat, and a total of 53 calories. A mixture of capers, onion, tunan in olive oil, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400°F.

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Pour oil from tuna into a medium skillet.

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Tuna

Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Add onion to skillet and cook over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until softened, 3 to 4 minutes.

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Onion

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Mash tuna in a bowl with a fork, then stir in onion, olives, and capers. Season generously with pepper and very lightly with salt.

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Capers

Olives

Pepper

Onion

Salt

Tuna

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Bowl

Roll out 1 pastry sheet on a lightly floured surface with a lightly floured rolling pin into a 13-inch square.

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Roll

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Rolling Pin

Cut out 30 rounds with floured cookie cutter and discard trimmings.

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Cookie Cutter

Put 1/2 teaspoon tuna mixture in center of each round. Hold 1 filled round in palm of your hand, then moisten edge with a finger dipped in water. Cup hand, then fold dough over to form a half-moon, pinching edges to seal (this creates a border for crimping).

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Tuna

Transfer empanadita to an ungreased large baking sheet and press back of a fork onto border to crimp. Form more empanaditas with remaining rounds, then bake on sheet in middle of oven until golden, 20 to 25 minutes. Meanwhile, make more empanaditas with remaining pastry sheet and filling.

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Oven

Bake in same manner. Cool empanaditas on baking sheet on a rack about 10 minutes.

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Serve warm.

Empanaditas can be formed (but not baked) 1 week ahead. Freeze in 1 layer in a shallow baking pan, then transfer to sealed plastic bags and keep frozen.

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Bake frozen empanaditas about 30 minutes.

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Ingredients

Servings:

2Tbsps

drained capers, rinsed and chopped 118milliliters

finely chopped onion 118milliliters

finely chopped pimiento-stuffed green olives (3 oz, drained)489grams

package frozen puff pastry sheets, thawed 170grams

light tuna in olive oil (not drained)

Recommended wine: Merlot, Pinot Noir, Rose Wine

Merlot, Pinot Noir, and rosé Wine are my top picks for Tuna. Though fish is often paired with white wine, 'meatier' fish like tuna can absolutely go with red wine. A Rosé will also pair nicely, particularly if your tunan is prepared with ingredients better suited to a white wine. One wine you could try is Rabble Merlot. It has 4.1 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 20 dollars.