Empanadas are fried, baked or air-fried hand pies that have either a savory or sweet filling, which is very popular in South America. They are also known as empanadillas (or pastelillos), depending on ...

There are as many types of empanadas as there are cooks in Argentina, but this recipe is reminiscent of the famous empanadas porteñas (which are usually fried and much larger in size) that you’ll find ...

HAND-HELD filled pastries are a phenomenon that solves many problems: there’s no need for silverware, the pastry keeps the filling warm and they’re not (too) messy. Usually filled with simple ...

Everyone in the world seems to love the idea of wrapped hand-held foods — Jamaican beef patties, Indian samosas, or Cuban pastelitos. But the wrapped food with the best shot at making the top of the ...

Owners, Diego Felix & Sanra Ritten, own and operate Fonda Felix, a kitchen that works out of Kelly’s French Bakery on the Westside that is producing beautifully baked empanadas. The two are keeping it ...

At La Masa, we specialize in scratch, oven baked empanadas using authentic Latin American inspired dough. The menu is comprised of several traditional international recipes, and also offers a rotating ...

Sweet treat lovers and hurried and harried supper makers, take heart: Baked by Small Batch has you covered. Chef Orlando Leon has handcrafted goodies from brownies, cookies and sweet empanadas to ...

Kids (and adults) will be bowled over by these handheld, delightful packets of goodness. Don’t worry, though: This version of the classic empanada doesn’t take all day to make. This recipe relies on a ...

Baked versus fried As with most great debates, the concept of “baked versus fried” empanadas has pros and cons on both sides. “This is how we eat them in Uruguay; we bake them,” says Ivanna ...

Oh, the empanada, that lovely pan-Latin hot pocket of goodness. Some argue the only true empanada is a fried empanada, while others argue that the best empanadas are baked. Both are delicious, any of ...