For Chileans, Passion Translates to Empanadas

[lsanderson]

THE FILLING’S UP TO YOU Empanadas can be baked, fried, half-moon shape or, in Chile, square.
By FLORENCE FABRICANT
Published: April 14, 2009

EMPANADAS are on the menu from the Rio Grande clear down to the Strait of Magellan — not to mention at fast-food courts all over the United States.

In Chile these folded meat pies, considered to be the national dish, are so treasured that soon after Salvador Allende was elected president in 1970, he spoke of celebrating his brand of revolution not with violence, but “with red wine and empanadas.” More

Recipe: Empanada Dough (April 15, 2009)
Recipe: Baked Meat-Filled Empanadas (Empanadas al Horno) (April 15, 2009)
Recipe: Fried Mushroom and Cheese Empanadas (April 15, 2009)

Comments

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Remember that hot pockets are the American empanada.

K.