Empanadico — pumpkin and pine nut pastry
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
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 lemon70 g water150 g plain wheat flour55 g extra virgin olive oil1 pinch of fine salt40 g white sugar- peeler
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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 flesh½ tsp ground cinnamon25 g brown sugar- knife
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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.
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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.
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Allergens
- Gluten
Composition to check for: Celery, Crustaceans, Eggs, Fish, Lupin, Milk, Molluscs, Mustard, Tree nuts, Peanuts, Sesame, Soy, Sulphites.
Sources and credits
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