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Galician Pie (Empanada Gallega)

Description

Galician Pie: A large two-crusted savory pie from Galicia. It's typically filled with ham or chorizo, red peppers,tomato and onion.

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Directions

• Wash the vegetables and cut the peppers and the onion in julienne.
• Pour 3 tablespoons oil to the pan at a medium heat.
• Add the peppers, the onion, the paprika and 2 tablespoons of salt. Then poach.
• Peel and chop the tomato, and when the pepper is poached, add it and the cured ham as well. Then cook for 6 minutes.
• remove the pan from the heat and let cool down.
• In a bowl, place 3 oz flour leaving a gap in the middle.
• dilute the yeast in 4 tablespoons of lukewarm water and pour the flour inside the previous gap and knead it perfectly. the dough must be more or less dry but compact.
• when the dough is ready, place it in a bowl full of lukewarm water and when it floats up then it's done.
• place in another bowl 7 oz of flour with a gap in the middle
• add the beaten egg, the milk, the melted butter and a teaspoon of salt
• knead well, it should be a soft dough
• mix together both doughs and knead perfectly( very important let rest for about 1 hour
• brush the oven try with oil
• add a thin layer of flour to the tray
• divide the dough in two pieces?? and then roll one part of the dough over the oven tray
• roll the other part of dough and cover the filling.
• spread the filling mixture over the dough (use a fork)
• preheat the oven at 356F for 15 minutes
• Brush the surface of the pie with beaten egg
• Bake the pie at 356F for 20 minutes
• Grill Galician Pie for 10 more minutes
• Serve Galician Pie in hot or warm portions.

Wine recommendations

• Dry Sherry wine (vino fino)
• Oloroso Sherry wine
• Red wine

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