Linda wrote:

Empanadas were originally brought to the New world by the Spanish, and it is
now
common to all Hispanic countries. It has assumed many various forms, from
small dessert empanaditas, the
size of ravioli, to the empanada gallega a large meat pie big enough for a
whole family.

Pastry

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My son-in-law's family emigrated from Colombia, S.A. to the
U.S. sometime around the 1960s to early 70s. His older brother
makes a Colombian version of empanada using a coarse masa type
dough that's filled with a picadillo mix and deep fried rather
than baked. I've asked him for the dough recipe, but so far
I haven't been able to wrangle it out of him. I've searched
the Internet and come up with a couple of viable candidates
but haven't as yet tried 'em to see if they come close. If
anyone is familiar this type of fried masa dough empanada,
I'd sure like the recipe for the dough...

Rich

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