# Empanadas? Share your recipe! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 27, 2012, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/empanadas-share-your-recipe/636012 "2012-09-27T13:24:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/empanadas-share-your-recipe/636012/1 "2012-09-27T13:24:10Z")
I’ve decided I’d like to make and freeze a big batch of empanadas. I could Google for recipes, but for some reason I have a hard time trusting random recipes I find online. I do, however, trust the Dope! Please share your recipes, stories, experiences, what have you. ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/empanadas-share-your-recipe/636012/2 "2012-09-27T14:05:18Z")
I’m partial to Colombian empanadas since I was born there. Unfortunately I’ve never cooked them myself (But you’ve inspired me to try this weekend!), however I’ve seen my grandma (who owned a restaurant in Colombia) make them many times. I’ll have to ask her about them, but from what I recall: In a large pot, boil some pork butt (or a similar pork cut), garlic, onions, cilantro, like making a pot roast along with spices - cumin, salt, pepper. It should cook for a while so you can pull the pork apart. About half way through add some potatoes and a coupe of eggs. When done, dice the potatoes and egg, and pull the pork. The stuffing is made up of the pork, the diced potatoes and egg, and a base of sauteed tomatoes, onions, garlic and cilantro (in olive oil). The part I don’t recall is the shell. I know it involves cornmeal. I gotta ask about that. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/empanadas-share-your-recipe/636012/3 "2012-09-27T14:09:26Z")
They sell the masa mix at the groceries around here for the dough, just add water and flatten. People tend to put almost anything inside of them. Typical is a mix of Portuguese chorize and/or hambuger with onion, garlic, peppers and/or jerk seasoning, but just about anything. Some people just wrap their leftovers in the dough. ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/empanadas-share-your-recipe/636012/4 "2012-09-27T14:09:28Z")
Oh and of course you have to serve with pique! Chopped scallions, garlic, cilantro and some vinegar. There’s a spicy version but I’m not sure how that goes either ☹ ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/empanadas-share-your-recipe/636012/5 "2012-09-27T16:10:35Z")
My daughter stopped being a vegetarian about a year ago, but when she _was_, she started making empanadas, and got pretty good at it. I’ll ask her to write down a couple of her favorite recipes. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/empanadas-share-your-recipe/636012/6 "2012-09-27T16:39:04Z")
Damn, I loves me some empanadas. I’ve only had them in restaurants, but the good ones blew my mind. I will follow this thread looking for good recipes, and when I see the OP embrace one, I will stop by his house and eat empanadas. What? ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/empanadas-share-your-recipe/636012/7 "2012-09-27T18:43:54Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Damn, I loves me some empanadas. I’ve only had them in restaurants, but the good ones blew my mind. > > I will follow this thread looking for good recipes, and when I see the OP embrace one, I will stop by his house and eat empanadas. > > What? What’s not to love? It’s like a pasty, but with filling that tastes good! If I get a good recipe and am pleased with the results, I see no reason why you couldn’t stop by. We’re going to have to meet sometime! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/empanadas-share-your-recipe/636012/8 "2012-09-27T19:54:11Z")
> [@August\_West](#): > > What’s not to love? It’s like a pasty, but with filling that tastes good! Waaaaaaaait a minute. I loves me some pasties, and think the ones I make are pretty darn good. And I’ll stack my lard and white flour crust against your masa any day!😛 ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/empanadas-share-your-recipe/636012/9 "2012-09-27T20:10:43Z")
Well you might as well share your pasty recipe, then! I’ve eaten dozens of pasties in my time, there is nothing _wrong_ with them, they just tend to be bland IMO. And I have not found one empanadas recipe that calls for masa in the crust, I guess I’ll have to keep looking. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/empanadas-share-your-recipe/636012/10 "2012-09-27T20:21:58Z")
> [@August\_West](#): > > What’s not to love? It’s like a pasty, but with filling that tastes good! And I loves me some pasties! And that’s with the _nasty_ filling! > [@](#): > > If I get a good recipe and am pleased with the results, I see no reason why you couldn’t stop by. We’re going to have to meet sometime! Thanks, I think of you whenever I pass the cheese outlet.