Pukacapas
(spicy cheese empanadas)
Dough Ingredients
4 cups flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
1 cup milk or water
1/2 cup butter or margarine
3 egg yolks
Dough Preparation
- Sift all dry ingredients.
- Add butter or margarine and mix very well using a spoon.
- Beat yolks slightly and add them to the milk or water. Mix
with the previous preparation. Knead slightly.
- Let the dough rest for a couple of minutes, covered with a
dish cloth or towel while the filling is prepared.
Filling Ingredients
3 cups white onion, cut into small pieces
1/2 cup ground red pepper
2 chili peppers, cut into thin strips and without seeds
2 green, cut into thin strips and without seeds
1/4 cup tomato, finely chopped
1/2 cup green onion, cut into small pieces
4 cups crumbled fresh cheese
10 black olives, cut in half and without seed
3 spoonfuls parsley, finely chopped
1/2 cup butter or margarine
2 spoonfuls red pepper (to paint)
2 spoonfuls butter
2 spoonfuls water
Final preparation
- In a large bowl, mix all filling ingredients.
- Take a piece of dough and on a slightly flour-sprinkled
table knead it and stretch it out until thin. Cut the dough into small round pieces.
- Put a spoon of filling in the middle of a round piece. Dampen
the edge of the piece and cover it with another round piece. Fold the edges into small
folds. Repeat the process with each round piece until finishing the dough. Take care the
filling does not arrive at the edges since they can burst once inside the oven.
- Mix the two spoonfuls of red pepper, with the two spoonfuls of
butter and two spoonfuls of water. Cook the mixture slightly and paint each pukacapa
using a brush before placing them in the oven.
- Place pukacapas in a non-sticking baking sheet Bake
them at a high temperature (American oven: 482 degrees Fahrenheit; European oven: 250
degrees Celsius) for twenty minutes.
- Serve them warm.
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Main Dish
 Ají de Lengua
Chairo Paceño
Fricasé
Fritanga
Lechón al Horno
Majao
Picana de Pollo
Picante de Pollo
Plato Paceño
Saisi
Salteñas
Desserts
Cocadas
Helado de Canela
Leche Asada
Manjar
Blanco
Pastries
Cuñapes
Humintas
a la Olla
Pan
Dulce
Pukacapas
Tawa-Tawas
Drinks
Biblia
Chicha
de Maní
Yungueño
Side Dishes
Chuño
Phuti
Escabeche
Llajua
Salsa Cruda
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