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Empanadico — pumpkin and pine nut pastry

Empanadico — pumpkin and pine nut pastry

  • Dessert
  • Spanish

A thin olive oil pastry filled with pumpkin, raisins, pine nuts and cinnamon.

Active time30 min

Cooking30 min

Total1 h 45 minResting : 1 h

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Ingredients

  • 50 g peeled raw pumpkin flesh
  • 1 lemon
  • ½ tsp ground cinnamon
  • 70 g water
  • 150 g plain wheat flour
  • 55 g extra virgin olive oil
  • 15 g pine nuts
  • 15 g raisins
  • 1 pinch of fine salt
  • 40 g white sugar
  • 25 g brown sugar

Preparation

  1. Wash the lemon and peel off thin strips of zest without the white pith. Heat with the water, 45 g oil and 30 g white sugar in a saucepan. Simmer for 5 minutes, then remove the peel. Mix the flour and salt in a bowl. Pour in the hot liquid and stir with a spoon. Once safe to touch, knead until smooth. Cover and rest for 30 minutes.

    Use for the recipe: half a lemon (prepare 1 lemon).

    half a lemon
    70 g water
    150 g plain wheat flour
    55 g extra virgin olive oil
    1 pinch of fine salt
    40 g white sugar
    • peeler
    • saucepan
    • bowl
    • spoon
    • lid
  2. While the dough rests, slice the pumpkin very thinly. Mix the brown sugar and cinnamon in a bowl. Heat the conventional oven to 180 °C. Roll the dough into a very thin rectangle between two sheets of baking paper. Remove the top sheet.

    50 g peeled raw pumpkin flesh
    ½ tsp ground cinnamon
    25 g brown sugar
    • knife
    • board
    • bowl
    • oven
    • rolling pin
    • baking paper
  3. Spread half the brown sugar and cinnamon mixture over half the pastry, leaving a border. Add all the pumpkin, 5 g oil, raisins and pine nuts. Sprinkle with the remaining cinnamon sugar. Use the paper to fold the pastry over and press the edges closed. Brush with the remaining 5 g oil and sprinkle with the remaining 10 g white sugar. Cut a few steam slits in the top.

    15 g pine nuts
    15 g raisins
    • baking paper
    • pastry brush
    • knife
  4. Slide the pastry and its paper onto a baking sheet. Bake for about 25 minutes until golden and the pumpkin tender. Cool on a rack for about 20 minutes before cutting.

    • baking sheet
    • oven
    • rack
    • knife

Allergens

  • Gluten

Composition to check for: Celery, Crustaceans, Eggs, Fish, Lupin, Milk, Molluscs, Mustard, Tree nuts, Peanuts, Sesame, Soy, Sulphites.

Sources and credits

Photo: Au Menu — created with ImageGen at Roch’s request · Editorial permission from Roch for Au Menu; OpenAI terms

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Empanadico — pumpkin and pine nut pastry