Pastechi – Aruba Style Empanada

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 12:57:35 GMT

Step 1

To make the dough, combine flour and salt in a bowl. Use a whisk to combine and remove any flour lumps.

Step 2

Add butter and using a pastry blender or fork, cut the butter into the flour until it is the size of small peas. Add egg and mix with a spoon.

Step 3

Add water a little at a time, as needed, and mix. Start kneading by hand until the liquid forms into a ball of dough.

Step 4

Wrap in plastic wrap and chill for 1 hour.

Step 5

To make filling, heat oil. Add onion, bell pepper and garlic. Saute until softened and onions are translucent.

Step 6

Add meat and cook until meat is cooked through, about 5 minutes.

Step 7

Add carrots and peas along with capers and raisins. Cook for 3 minutes, until the vegetables are heated through.

Step 8

Add ketchup, mustard, Worcestershire, tomato sauce and sambal. Stir to combine and cook for 5 minutes.

Step 9

Add eggs and stir to combine.

Step 10

Adjust salt and pepper as necessary.

Step 11

Chill in the refrigerator.

Step 12

Divide dough in half. Leave the other half refrigerated while you work with the first half.

Step 13

On a lightly floured board, roll out dough as thin as possible without the dough breaking. Using a 4 1/2? cookie/biscuit cutter, cut out circles. Place about 1 1/2 tablespoons of filling for each circle. Brush the perimeter with milk. Fold over and seal, using the tines of a fork. Place on prepared cookie sheet. Repeat until all the dough has been used.

Step 14

Heat enough oil for deep frying. Fry until golden brown on all sides.

Step 15

Alternately, you can bake them. Preheat oven to 400 F.

Step 16

Place prepared pastechi on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet.

Step 17

Brush the tops with milk and bake for 20-25 minutes, until golden brown.

Step 18

Serve with ketchup, mustard and chili paste.

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