Shrimp Empanaditas

Prep Time: 0 Minutes

Cook Time: 30 Minutes

Ready In: 30 Minutes

Servings: 24

Tender pie crust made with cream cheese. make these shrimp turnovers the winner of the party.

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

2 cups unbleached organic all-purpose flour

a pinch of sea salt or to taste

1 egg

Directions:

1. MAKE THE DOUGH by beating together the butter and the cream cheese until it is all blended together.
2. Stir in the sea salt and the flour and mix well.
3. Knead the dough for a minute (until it holds together) no longer.
4. Form it into a ball wrap in plastic wrap and chill for half an hour.
5. MAKE THE FILLING
6. Heat the oil add the onion and sauté until translucent then add the garlic
7. Cook for another 2 minutes and add the tomatoes, capers, hot peppers and pimento olives the sea salt and the bay leaf * cumin.
8. Add the shrimp.
9. Simmer until mixture is dry and set aside to cool completely, about a half hour.
10. Taste before stuffing into pastry and add salt and spice to your liking.*
11. *I sometimes add cumin at this point or during the cooking about a teaspoon.
12. Remove the bay leaf before stuffing.
13. Preheat oven to 350F degrees
14. Grease a baking sheet with a little oil
15. MAKE EMPANADITAS TURNOVERS
16. Roll out dough with a rolling pin on a floured surface until about 1/8 inch thick
17. Use a 3 inch round cookie cutter and to cut out rounds.
18. 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.
19. Beat the egg with a tablespoon of water to make an egg wash and paint it onto each turnover.
20. Bake until golden brown about 15 minutes.
21. Transfer to a rack and serve while still warm
22. Oh so good do not eat so many your self leave some for the guest.

By RecipeOfHealth.com