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Empanada (Spanish Meat Pie)

Name: Empanada (Spanish Meat Pie)
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: Spain
Ingredients: 1 portion Pizza dough; 1 can Canned tuna; 1/2 Onion; 1/2 Bell pepper; 3 tbsp Canned tomatoes; 1 Hard-boiled egg; 1 tbsp Olive oil; 1/2 tsp Paprika

Main Dish

⏱ 45 min

👥 Serves 2

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Tuna or ground meat baked in pastry — a half-moon pie from Galicia, equally at home as a snack or a meal.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Believed to originate in Galicia, this pie wraps a filling of tuna, ground meat, or vegetables in dough and bakes it. It comes in a large "torta" style meant for slicing, or individual half-moon shapes. Portable and easy to pack, it's a favorite for picnics and light meals, and often made at home.

🌆 Where it's eaten: A coastal Galician town: a mother returning from the market slices into a freshly baked empanada for the family.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 2)

Pizza dough 1 portion
Canned tuna 1 can
Onion 1/2
Bell pepper 1/2
Canned tomatoes 3 tbsp
Hard-boiled egg 1
Olive oil 1 tbsp
Paprika 1/2 tsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Mince the onion and bell pepper and sauté in olive oil.
Add the tuna and canned tomatoes; cook until most of the liquid evaporates.
Season with paprika and let cool slightly.
Divide the dough in half; spread the filling and hard-boiled egg over one half.
Cover with the other half of dough and seal the edges well.
Bake at 400°F (200°C) for 20 minutes until golden.

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