Mushroom Empanadas
User Reviews
4.9
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Prep Time
10 mins
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Cook Time
1 hr
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Total Time
1 hr 10 mins
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Servings
20 servings
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Course
Appetizer
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Cuisine
South American
Mushroom Empanadas
Description
This recipe for Mushroom Empanadas features a spinach-like silverbeet and mushroom filling enhanced by a creamy béchamel sauce made with butter, flour, milk, nutmeg, and manchego cheese. The mushroom component is roasted to deepen its flavor before being combined with sautéed leeks, garlic, and softened silverbeet. The mixture is enriched further with the bechamel and manchego cheese, lending creaminess and a subtle tang.
When assembled into empanadas and baked, the outer pastry forms a golden, flaky texture contrasting with the smooth and savory interior. The dish suits as a snack, appetizer, or light meal, showcasing the earthy character of mushrooms balanced by the creamy cheese sauce and tender greens.
Ingredients
Mushroom, silverbeet and bechamel empanada:
- 1 leek
- 1 garlic clove
- 500 grams Swiss brown mushrooms
- 1 silverbeet white stem
- 500 millilitres béchamel sauce
- 125 grams manchego cheese
- salt
- black pepper
Bechamel sauce:
- 50 grams butter
- 50 grams flour
- 500 millilitres milk
- 1 pinch nutmeg
- 125 grams manchego cheese grated
- salt to taste
Instructions
How to Make the Bechamel Sauce:
- In a medium saucepan, heat the butter over medium-low heat until melted. Add the flour and stir until smooth. Over medium heat, cook, until the mixture turns a light, golden sandy color, about 5 minutes.
- Add the milk to the mixture 1 cup at a time, whisking continuously until very smooth. Bring to a boil. Cook 10 – 20 minutes, stirring constantly, then add the manchego cheese and continue to stir until all melted. Season with salt and nutmeg, and set aside until ready to use.
How to Make the Empanada Filling:
- Sweat leeks and minced garlic in butter and oil for 10 minutes then set aside. Roast mushrooms on a baking tray in oven at 225 degrees C ( 437 ℉) for about 10 minutes with butter, salt and pepper.
- Meanwhile cook out diced silver beet until soft, add chopped green leaves until wilted. Add the leek and garlic mixture, and then the roasted mushrooms chopped roughly.
- Drain excess liquid, if any. Stir in Bechamel sauce and add salt and pepper to taste. See Empanada Dough recipe for assembly and frying methods.
Notes
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