Recipes of Spain
Empanadillas

Easy Spanish Recipes - Empanadillas - Tasty Spanish Tapas

Recipes of Spain Empanadillas

Our Easy Spanish Recipes include the Empanadillas which are very popular traditional Spanish foods. They are often served as Spanish tapas because they are the smaller version of Empanadas which is often served as a main meal.

Empanadillas are very similar to 'Cornish pasties' which originate from Cornwall in the UK.

These tasty little pastries can be found in tapas bars all over Spain with numerous types of fillings which include ham, chorizo sausage, cheese, spinach and many more.

Ingredients For Spinach Empanadillas
(empanadillas espinaca)

• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1lb fresh spinach chopped
• small tin of anchovies
• 2 garlic cloves finely chopped
• 1 egg
• 12 ozs puff pastry

Prepare - Heat oil, add spinach and cook for 2-3 minutes until the water has evaporated. Add anchovies and garlic and cook for a few minutes.

Ingredients For Tuna Empanadillas
(empanadillas de bonito)

• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1/2 small chopped onion
• 2 small tomatoes peeled and chopped
• 1 tbsp chopped pitted olives
• tin tuna drained and flaked
• Salt and pepper
• 1 egg
• 12 ozs puff pastry

Prepare - Recipes of Spain Empanadillas - Heat oil in frying pan and fry onions and garlic for a few minutes and then add other ingredients except tuna. Cook on a low heat for about ten mins until juices have evaporated and then stir in tuna. Add seasoning and leave to cool.

Preparing Spinach & Tuna Empanadillas

• Heat oven - gas 4/180c/350F2.

• Roll out pastry and cut into approximately twenty 3" circles.

• Add to each circle of pastry about one level tablespoon of mixture.

• Brush edges with water so as to seal and fold in half.

• Follow by brushing each pastry with mixed egg for a golden finish.

• Cook on a baking sheet for about 15 minutes or until puffed and golden.

We hope you enjoy these tasty little tapas and the Spanish food recipes we bring you. If you'd like to order some mouth-watering foods online there's a Spanish shop appropriately named La Tienda where can buy wine, serrano ham, cheeses, olives and delicious turrones and sweets.