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🍽️ Vegetable Empanadas with Yeast Dough

289 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 250 g flour
• salt
• 2 egg yolks
• 2 tbsp milk
• 10 g yeast
• 1 pinch sugar
• 200 g butter
• 2 onions
• 3 garlic cloves
• 1 bell pepper
• 1 zucchini
• 3 tomatoes
• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 0.5 tsp thyme leaves
• salt
• 100 g Spanish sheep cheese (hard)
• pepper
• 2 egg yolks

Instructions

1. 1. Crumble the yeast into a bowl.
2. 2. Stir the yeast with the milk and sugar.
3. 3. Add flour, egg yolk, butter in small pieces, and the yeast mixture.
4. 4. Knead everything into a smooth dough.
5. 5. Wrap the dough in foil and refrigerate overnight.
6. 6. Peel the onions and garlic.
7. 7. Finely chop the onions and garlic.
8. 8. Wash the bell pepper.
9. 9. Halve the bell pepper and remove the core.
10. 10. Wash the zucchini.
11. 11. Cut the bell pepper and zucchini into very small cubes.
12. 12. Blanch the tomatoes briefly in boiling water.
13. 13. Remove the skin from the tomatoes.
14. 14. Halve the tomatoes and remove the core.
15. 15. Cut the tomatoes into small pieces as well.
16. 16. Heat oil in a pan.
17. 17. Sauté the onion and garlic until translucent.
18. 18. Add the rest of the vegetables except the tomatoes to the pan.
19. 19. Season the vegetables with thyme.
20. 20. Sauté the vegetables over high heat while stirring.
21. 21. Add the tomatoes.
22. 22. Salt the mixture.
23. 23. Let the filling reduce until thick and creamy.
24. 24. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees.
25. 25. Pour the vegetable mixture into a bowl.
26. 26. Stir in the cheese and one egg yolk.
27. 27. Season the filling generously with salt and pepper.
28. 28. Roll out the cold yeast dough to about 3 millimeters thick.
29. 29. Cut out shapes from the dough as desired.
30. 30. Place the filling in the center of the dough shapes.
31. 31. Press the edges firmly to seal.
32. 32. Whisk the remaining egg yolk.
33. 33. Brush the empanadas with the whisked egg yolk.
34. 34. Bake the empanadas for about 15 minutes until golden brown.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 289
• Protein: 6 g · Fett/Fat: 21 g · Carbs: 18 g