Granny's
Spinach Empanada
1 tablespoon butter
3 tbs chopped onion
2 Serrano peppers chopped
1/4 pound lean ground beef
1 10-oz. pkg. frozen chopped spinach, drained thoroughly
1 tsp cumin powder
Salt & pepper
1/3 cup sour cream
1 egg, beaten
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 frozen deep dish pie shell, thawed
In a medium skillet, melt butter and sauté
Onion f until butter is absorbed. Add ground beef, cook until brown and crumbly;
drain fat. Add spinach, seasonings, sour cream, peppers, egg, and cheese; blend
well. Remove pastry shell from foil pan and place flat on baking sheet. Spoon
filling on half of the pastry, fold the other half over and press edges together
to form a seal. Pierce several holes in top. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 25
minutes or until golden brown. Make 2 generous servings
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Granny's
Spinach
2 8-ounce packages cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup butter, softened
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 cup onion, finely chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced
4 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
1 tbs bacon drippings
10-ounce package frozen spinach, thawed and drained
1 cup cottage cheese
1/4 tsp pepper
1/8 tsp ground nutmeg
1 egg, beaten
In a large mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese and butter till
smooth. (Use a stand mixer, since the mixture is heavy.) Gradually
add in the flour and salt. Lightly knead the dough by hand. Cover
with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 3 hours.
In a medium skillet, cook the onion and garlic in the bacon drippings
until the onion is tender but not brown. Mix in the bacon, spinach,
cottage cheese, pepper, and nutmeg; let the mixture cool.
Preheat the oven to 450 F. Roll out the pastry on a floured surface
to a thickness of 1/8 inch. Cut 3-inch circles in the pastry, place
1 teaspoon of the filling in each circle, just to one side of the
center. Moisten the edge of the circle with the egg, fold the dough
in half over the filling to make a semicircular empanada. Seal the
edges with fork tines, and poke the top of each pastry with a fork
to make a vent. Put the empanadas on an ungreased cookie sheet,
brush their tops with egg, and bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until
golden.
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