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Shrimp Empanaditas Recipe

	Trigger / All my dishes 8 months ago Tender pie crust made with cream cheese. make these shrimp turnovers the winner of the party. Prep:20m Cook:30m Servings:24	Trigger
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Ingredients

For the filling

2 tablespoons sunflower or canola oil

1/2 of an onion chopped

3 to 4 cloves garlic minced

2 lbs ripe roman tomatoes chop them up

1 bay leaf

sea salt

fresh ground black pepper

1 lb shrimp peeled and chopped

2 tablespoons capers

4 hot peppers minced

8 pimento olives

1 tablespoon of the pickling liquid fro olives

Dough

1 cup unsalted butter

6 oz cream cheese at room temperature

2cups unbleached organic all-purpose flour

a pinch of sea salt or to taste

1 egg

Directions

make the dough by beating together the butter and the cream cheese until it is all blended together.

Stir in the sea salt and the flour and mix well.

Knead the dough for a minute ( until it holds together ) no longer.

Form it into a ball wrap in plastic wrap and chill.

Make the filling

Heat the oil add the onion and sauté until translucent then add the garlic

Cook for another 2 minutes and add the tomatoes the sea salt and the bay leaf. * cumin

simmer until mixture is dry and set aside to cool completely, about a half hour.

Taste before stuffing into pastry and add salt and spice to your liking.*

*I sometimes add cumin at this point or during the cooking about a teaspoon.

Preheat oven to 350F degrees

Grease a baking sheet with a little oil

Make Empanaditas "Turnovers"

Roll out dough with a rolling pin on a floured surface until about 1/8 inch thick

Use a 3 inch round cookie cutter and to cut out rounds.

Using a teaspoon fill each round by placing a heaping spoon in the center of the dough then fold over and seal the edges with a fork.

Beat the egg with a tablespoon of water to make an egg wash and pain it onto each turnover.

Bake until golden brown about 15 minutes.

Transfer to a rack and serve while still warm

Oh so good do not eat so many your self leave some for the guest

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Comments

organicmama 8 months ago said:
I love shrimp... I think I lived on it as a kid.

trackwidow 8 months ago said:
These sound fantastic. I love shrimp as well and you can never go wrong with a cream cheese pastry.

michellem 8 months ago said:
Oh my these look good...can you come cater my party!?

jeannej 5 months, 3 weeks ago said:
I wanna try this right away!

mao65 3 months, 3 weeks ago said:
These look scrumptious! I will save them for my next party. Thanks for the recipe.

mystic_river1 2 months, 2 weeks ago said:
Very nice!

oldgringo 2 months, 1 week ago said:
Looks great, thanks trigger

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lunasea 1 month, 2 weeks ago said:
Sounds great, Michael. I adore shrimp and the briny goodness of the olives and capers in that tender pastry. I'll be trying this one soon. Thanks!! ~Vickie

fuzzy 2 weeks, 1 day ago said:
I'm in love..thanks for sending!

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