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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> South American >> Chilean

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Simmer pears in the water for 30-40 minutes until soft; drain, reserving liquid; once pears are cool, purée them in a food processor or blender, stopping food processor occasionally and scraping down its sides and adding enough reserved pear liquid to make a thick purée about the consistency of mashed potatoes. | 2. Heat 1/2 cup of reserved pear liquid in saucepan; stir in sugar and cook for about 5 minutes until the sugar begins to caramelize; add pear purée, cinnamon, and cloves; stir well; remove from heat and allow to cool. | 3. Meanwhile, whisk together flour and salt in a large bowl; cut in butter (using pastry cutter, two knives, or your fingers) until mixture resembles coarse crumbs; beat egg yolks with 3 tablespoons ice water then add to flour mixture; stir, adding more ice water a tablespoon at a time, until dough comes together and forms a ball; chill dough for 10 minutes. | 4. Divide dough into 16 equal-sized balls; on a floured surface, roll each ball into a 3-4" circle; brush edge of each circle with the beaten egg yolk mixture and place 2-3 tablespoons of the filling in the center; fold dough over the filling to form a semi-circle; crimp edges with a fork to seal the empanada; pierce top of each empanada a couple times with fork and brush it with egg yolk mixture; carefully lift empanadas with a spatula and place onto a baking sheet that has been sprayed with no-stick cooking spray; bake at 350° for 30-40 minutes until empanadas are puffy and golden. | 5. NOTE: For a simple and quick treat, make these empanadas using your favorite flavor of canned pie filling. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
pear	3	cups		239.4	63.966	1.5119999999999998	0.588
water	4 1/2	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
sugar	1/2	cup		402.99	100.79799999999999	0.0	0.0
cinnamon	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
clove	1/4	teaspoon	ground	1.4385	0.344	0.0313	0.0682
purpose flour	1 1/2	1/2		-	-	-	-
salt	1/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
butter	1/2	cup		684.0	31.428	21.372	57.6
egg yolk	2			109.48	1.2206	5.3924	9.0236
ice water	5 -8	tablespoons		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
egg yolk	1		beaten	109.48	1.2206	5.3924	9.0236
water	2	tablespoons		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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