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Empanada de Viento

Name: Empanada de Viento
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Ecuador
Ingredients: 300g All-purpose flour; 1 tsp Baking Powder; 50g Butter; 1 Egg; 100ml Water; 1/2 tsp Salt; 150g Melting Cheese; 1/4 Onion; To taste Granulated sugar; To taste Oil for frying

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⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 8

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Cheese-filled pastries fried until puffed and sprinkled with sugar — Ecuador's 'wind empanadas.'

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Empanada de viento means 'wind empanada,' named because they trap air and puff up big when fried. The filling is simply cheese and onion, and they're sprinkled with sugar fresh from the fryer for a sweet-salty taste. They're often eaten with colada morada or coffee.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a café in Quito's old town, sugar is sprinkled over a big puffed empanada as melted cheese oozes out with the steam.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 8)

All-purpose flour 300g
Baking Powder 1 tsp
Butter 50g
Egg 1
Water 100ml
Salt 1/2 tsp
Melting Cheese 150g
Onion 1/4
Granulated sugar To taste
Oil for frying To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Rub the butter into the flour, baking powder, and salt, add the egg and water, knead, and rest 30 minutes.
Mix the cheese and chopped onion.
Divide the dough into 8 and roll each thin into a 15cm round.
Add the cheese, fold into a half-moon, and twist the edges to seal.
Fry in 170°C oil, spooning oil over them, until puffed.
Sprinkle with sugar while hot.

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