Crossword clues for empanada
empanada
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1939, American English, from Spanish empanada, past participle adjective (fem.) of empanar "to roll and fry."
Wiktionary
n. Any of a variety of stuffed pastry found in Spanish and Latin American cuisine
Wikipedia
An empanada (; also called pastel in Portuguese and pate in Haitian Creole) is a stuffed bread or pastry baked or fried in many countries in Latin Europe, Latin America, the United States, and parts of Southeast Asia. The name comes from the Galician, Portuguese, and Spanish verb empanar, meaning to wrap or coat in bread.
Empanadas are made by folding dough or bread with stuffing consisting of a variety of meat, cheese, huitlacoche, vegetables, fruits, and others.
Usage examples of "empanada".
In the end, Nora had decided on stuffed Portobello mushrooms and empanadas with guacamole for appetizers.
When Marla dipped her two empanadas into the guacamole, Alonzo winked at me.
My next task was to arrange concentric circles of the empanadas and deviled eggs.
I think this explains a lot, not least my expanding sense of dismay as the waiter bombarded us with ecstatic descriptions of roulades, ratatouilles, empanadas, langostinos, tagliolinis, con-fits, filos, quenelles, and goodness knows what else.
I'll take the crispy calamari salad, and they'll both take the empanadas criollas de carne, gambas al ajillo, the valenciana paella, and side orders of the plantains.
The empanadas had been replaced with the main course, a bife de chorizo (the Argentine version of a New York strip steak) on a bed of spinach and mushrooms.