Empanada Dough
A classic empanada dough recipe made with flour, butter, and egg that yields a flaky, tender pastry perfect for both sweet and savory fillings.
8 servings
1 hr 15 min
Ingredients
- •2¼ cups all-purpose flour
- •1½ teaspoons salt
- •½ cup unsalted butter
- •1 large egg
- •⅓ cup ice water
- •1 tablespoon distilled white vinegar
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Sift flour with salt into a large bowl and blend in butter with your fingertips or a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal with some (roughly pea-size) butter lumps.
10 min
- 2.
Beat together egg, water, and vinegar in a small bowl with a fork. Add to flour mixture, stirring with fork until just incorporated. (Mixture will look shaggy.)
5 min
- 3.
Turn out mixture onto a lightly floured surface and gather together, then knead gently with heel of your hand once or twice, just enough to bring dough together. Form dough into a flat rectangle and chill, wrapped in plastic wrap, at least 1 hour.
60 min
