Empanadas de pipian ( home version)

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  Start with the sauce ( it can stay cooking while you do the rest of the recipe)

  Finely but roughly chop all the onions and 1/2 of garlic but please dont stress yourself in being perfect. You can even grate them or put them in the food processor but be carefull not to make it super liquid.

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  In a large wok put a generous amount of oil ( like 1 laddle ) and on medium high heat start sweating the onions. In the mean time, peal and finely dice the tomatos ( dont pass them through the food processor you want them sort of intact so it allows the jam to actually become a jam and not a sauce.

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  Once the onions are slightly brown add the tomato paste and cook for around 1 minute. Then add the chopped tomatos and turn on high heat for 5 mins. then lower the heat to medium low and let simmer

  If the jam starts becoming to dry ( which it might) just add a bit of water every now and then.

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  Now that the jam is cooking

  Peal your potatos and cut them in wedges, put them in a pot with cold water and boil them. cook them till... its a bit embarrasing to write like this but till they are cooked.

  Then super fast mash them to reduce starch creation. Add minced garlic, salt, pepper and taste

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  Once your jam is ready add salt and squeeze of lime and optionally koriander. you should get a savory sweet and sour taste.

  once you are happy with the jam add 1/4 to the mash potato as this will season the filling of the empanada. Optionally you can add to the feeling

  Peanuts and olives

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  For the dough,

  Please make sure you bought Harina pan at prosi as the recipe will be super easy to make

  just add 1 cup of harina pan to a bowl and mix with 1 1/4 cups of water and a pinch of salt. let rest for 1 min and its done.

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  To shape the empanadas

  make golf ball sized balls out of the dough

  place them in between 2 plastic bags and with a pot press till a circle is formed. ( a tortilla press really helps)

  Then place a tbl of fillin in the center, fold into a half moon, press the air out. And with a fork press the edge

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  Finally,

  On a big wok prepare frying oil to 180 degrees ( in an electric stove thats achievable by putting between 7-8 heat out of 9.

  take 4 empanadas at a time and fry them for atleast 2 mins on each side.

  Serve them with lime to squeez and that delicious tomato Jam!

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  Not actually a step But

  The tomato jam will keep in the freidge for like a week +

  And you can absolutely make the empanadas and directly freeze them. Which makes this a very accessible dish to prepare the night before the party.