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Tuna And Goat Cheese Empanadas Recipe


Tuna And Goat Cheese Empanadas Recipe
TUNA AND GOAT CHEESE EMPANADAS This recipe came from an estate sale. I obtained it when I purchased the family collection from the Pryor Estate in Grapevine, Texas in 1996.

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Ingredients
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 5 tablespoons minced onion
  • 6 ounces canned tuna packed in olive oil
  • 4 ounces goat cheese
  • 3 ounces pimento stuffed olives chopped
  • 5 tablespoons toasted pine nuts
  • 5 tablespoons capers chopped
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 cloves garlic peeled and minced
  • 16 ounces puff pastry

Directions
  1. Heat olive oil in skillet over medium heat then add onion and garlic and sauté 5 minutes.
  2. Remove from heat and set aside.
  3. Using a fork mash tuna with onion, garlic, cheese, olives, nuts, capers, paprika, salt and pepper.
  4. On floured surface roll out pastry to 1/8” thickness.
  5. Using 3” cookie cutter cut out as many dough circles as the dough will allow.
  6. Cupping each dough round in your hand spoon 1 teaspoon filling into the center of each round.
  7. Brush edges with a little water then fold dough over mixture to form a crescent.
  8. Pinch edges of crescent to seal dough closed.
  9. Use the back of a fork to further press the edges of the dough together.
  10. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes.

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