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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Mexican >> Mexican

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. For the dough: Put flour, salt, sugar and lard in large mixing bowl. | 2. With your hands or an electric mixer, mix this mixture very well. | 3. Add the egg and mix well. | 4. Dissolve the yeast in the water and then add to the mixture. | 5. (If the dough is too dry, add enough water to make it manageable). | 6. Roll out dough to about 1/4th. | 7. inch thick. | 8. Cut circles, about 4 inches wide. | 9. For the filling: (see recipe for Euphelia's Meat Empanadas). | 10. Fill each circle with meat mixture. | 11. Fold and press edges firmly together. | 12. (You may use a bit of water to help seal the edges-- some people use beaten egg). | 13. Cut edges with pinking shears to help seal. | 14. Poke the little pie with a fork once or twice. | 15. Deep fat fry in oil or shortening until golden brown. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
flour	4	cups	sifted	1458.24	107.2512	127.0416	69.384
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
sugar	1	tablespoon		55.062	13.7724	0.0	0.0
shortening	1/4	cup		453.05	0.0	0.0	51.25
yeast	2	teaspoons		22.2	2.4504	2.8656	0.10800000000000001
water	3	ounces		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
egg	1			71.5	0.36	6.28	4.755
shortening				453.05	0.0	0.0	51.25

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.