Episode 13 - Beef Empanadas from Isabel Allende's Daughter of Fortune

This week, Nick makes empanadas de pino horneados, or baked beef empanadas, from Isabel Allende's wonderful novel Daughter of Fortune. This episode has a bit of everything: fun facts about empanadas and pastry hacks that will give you flakier and crisper pastry.

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Sources:

“Using Alcohol in Pie Dough”. Cook’s Illustrated, n.d.

https://www.cooksillustrated.com/how_tos/5680-using-alcohol-in-pie-dough

Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Isabel Allende". Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 Mar. 2022

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Isabel-Allende

“La empanada, sabor único de la tradición chilena.” Chile Travel, 28 Aug. 2021

https://www.chile.travel/en/uncategorized/la-empanada-sabor-unico-de-la-tradicion-chilena/

Jaron. “Minced Meat Vs Ground Meat – What’s The Difference?” Foodsguy Blog.

https://foodsguy.com/minced-meat-vs-ground-meat/

Ian Lloyd Neubauer. “The hunt for Chile’s best empanada.” BBC Travel, 1 Dec. 2016.

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20161118-the-hunt-for-chiles-best-empanada

Naomi Tomky. “Meet the Empanadas of Latin America.” Serious Eats, 10 Aug 2018.

https://www.seriouseats.com/types-of-empanadas-saltenas-corn-flour-plantain-viento-latin-american-food

Florence Fabricant. “For Chileans, Passion Translates to Empanadas.” New York Times, 14 April 2009.

https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/15/dining/15empa.html

Recipes that inspired my empanadas de pino:

Gloria Apara. “Chilean Baked Beef Empanadas.” Nomadic Chica Blog, 9 Feb. 2020.

https://www.nomadicchica.com/chilean-baked-beef-empanadas-empanadas-de-pino-horneadas/