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      Title: EMPA¤ADAS
 Categories: Desserts, Fruits, Meats, Kooknet
      Yield: 24 Empa¤adas
 
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      2 c  All-purpose Flour
    1/2 ts Salt
      1 ts Baking Powder
      8 tb Margarine
      6 tb Cold Water
      1    Egg for glaze

MMMMM-----------------------SWEET FILLING----------------------------
           Jam, preserves, or chopped
           -fresh fruit mixed with
           -sugar, raisins, cinnamon,
           -and chopped nuts.

MMMMM------------------------MEAT FILLING-----------------------------
      3 tb Oil (for frying)
      1 lb Lean Hamburger
      2    Garlic Cloves
      2 tb Onion, chopped
    1/4 c  Fresh Parsley, chopped (or
           -1 tb dried)
      3 tb Seedless Raisins
      1    Hard-boiled Egg, minced
     10    Green or Black Olives, diced
    1/4 ts Cumin
           Salt
           Pepper
      2 tb Tomato Sauce
 
  PREPARE PASTRY:  In large mixing bowl, combine flour, salt, and baking
  powder.  Add cut-up margarine and mix together with fork or pastry
  blender until dough forms rice-sized bits.
    Add a little cold water, stir, then add more water as needed just
  until dough forms a ball.  Turn dough onto a piece of wax paper and
  press it into a ball. Refrigerate until filling is prepared.
  
  PREPARE FILLING:  If using fresh fruit mixture, chop fruit, prepare,
  and set aside in bowl.
    For Meat filling, add oil to frying pan along with chopped onion and
  pressed garlic.  Saut‚ on medium heat for 3-4 minutes, stirring
  frequently.
    Add crumbled ground beef and cook.  Add all other ingredients and
  stir. If needed, add 1 or 2 tablespoons water. Cook together 3
  minutes. Remove pan from heat and set aside.
  
  TO FORM EMPA¥ADAS:  Lightly grease cookie sheet.  Work with a small
  portion of dough at a time.  Using a floured work surface, roll out
  dough to about 1/8" thickness. Cut dough into rounds, about 4" in
  diameter.
  
    Put a teaspoon of filling in the center of each dough round. Fold
  half the dough over, covering the filling and making a half-moon
  shape. Press a fork, dipped in flour, around dough edges to seal.
  Brush top with a beaten egg for glaze.
    Bake Empa¤adas in a 400øF oven fro 15 to 20 minutes, or until golden
  brown.  Serve warm.  To prepare ahead, cool on wire racks, then wrap
  airtight and freeze.
  
  Makes 24 small Empana¤das.
  
  SOURCE:  S.H.A.R.E. Colorado Dec. 1994/Jan. 1995
 
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