Strawberry Cream Cheese Empanadas

Name: Strawberry Cream Cheese Empanadas
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 8 pieces Strawberry (8-12 strawberries, cut in small pieces — up to 12); 3 tbsp Strawberry Jam (3 tablespoons of strawberry jam); 4 oz Cream Cheese (4 oz of cream cheese, softened at room temperature); 12 pieces Empanada Disk (12 empanada disks, thawed gently in the refrigerator); 1 tbsp Egg (1 egg, beaten together with 1 tablespoon of water (for binding the sides of dough together)); 0 pieces Vegetable Oil (Vegetable oil or peanut oil for frying); 0 pieces Table Salt (Pinch of salt); 1 tbsp Icing Sugar (1 tablespoon of powdered sugar)

Strawberry Cream Cheese Empanadas - Desserts (Caribbean)

35 minMexican

Servings8

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Steps

1In a bowl, combine the strawberries, jam and salt and stir together.
2Lay the empanadas discs flat on a board and fill them with about 2 teaspoons of the strawberry mix and 1 teaspoon of cream cheese. Don’t overfill or the filling will spill out while cooking.
3Brush the egg wash on one side of the dough and fold over. Crimp with a fork or by folding over small sections of the dough together to completely seal the edges.
4Heat oil over medium heat (350 degrees). Fry gently on each side until golden brown.
5Dust with powdered sugar and serve hot (if you fry them ahead of time you can warm them in the oven or even better in the air fryer)