Easy Mushroom-Goat Cheese Empanadas

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Go deep this Super Bowl Sunday: Serve empanadas. These turnovers are perfect 'finger food' -- no knife and fork required. And because the recipes use refrigerated biscuit dough, it's an easy score. All you have to do is make the fillings.

By Ben Shapiro
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Ingredients

20
Original recipe yields 20 servings
The ingredient list now reflects the servings specified

Directions

  • Adjust oven rack to center; heat oven to 450 degrees.

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  • Heat oil in a 12-inch skillet over medium-high heat. Saute onion until golden, 2 to 3 minutes. Add mushrooms, stirring until moisture evaporates, about 5 minutes. Stir in chilies, garlic, cilantro, salt and pepper. Cook 2 minutes longer. Transfer to a medium bowl; stir in goat cheese until cheese melts. Cool to room temperature.

  • Separate biscuits onto a cornmeal-coated work surface. Sprinkle with cornmeal as necessary, and roll each one into a 5 inch circle. Fill each one, using a scant 2 Tbs. filling and leaving a 1/2-inch border. Place on cookie sheets lined with parchment paper. (At this point, can be frozen up to 2 weeks.)

  • Brush tops with oil. Bake until golden, 16 to 20 minutes (longer if frozen). Makes 20.

NOTE

If 7.5-ounce can is not available, use a larger size, roll circles slightly larger and increase filling proportionally.

Copyright 2005 USA WEEKEND and columnist Pam Anderson. All rights reserved.

Nutrition Facts

Per Serving:
115.38 calories; 3.69 g protein; 11.64 g carbohydrates; 6.3 g fat; 4.69 mg cholesterol; 318.96 mg sodium. Full Nutrition

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Amy Ferrara
06/05/2009
I lived in Buenos Aires for a while and I'm always looking for new empanada recipes. I used latin market empanada shells (make sure you get the right kind - there's one for baking and one for frying). But the goat cheese and mushroom filling is just delicious. You can make these empanadas and then freeze them until you are ready to bake/eat.
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Blon-Dish
08/10/2005
Unfortunately I had high hopes for this recipe and it was not very good at all. First of all it was impossible to roll the biscuit dough into 5" circles even when I doubled it to two biscuits per circle. It resulted in empanadas that couldn't be easily sealed and the filling came spilling out as it baked. Also the dough tasted odd with the mushroom goat cheese mixture - I will not make this recipe again.:(
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Jana Sue
11/06/2005
I concur with the first review of this recipe- the empanada method is impossible. And don't EVEN think about making this unless you have a food chopper to get your mushrooms and other fillings into "small dice". But I did find a way to make this work. If you have a mini-muffin pan purchase a box of pre-made pie crusts. Roll them out a little thinner and use a 3" diameter glass or cookie cutter to make little circles of dough. Be sure to flour your work surface. Spray your little pans well with cooking spray and fit the little circles of dough into the cups. Then fill with the filling which I must say is very delicious. Bake at 400 degrees for about 15 minutes or until you can see that the dough is browning. I served these at a party the other night and the guests were highly impressed that I made them. They looked storebought.
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Blon-Dish
08/10/2005
Unfortunately I had high hopes for this recipe and it was not very good at all. First of all it was impossible to roll the biscuit dough into 5" circles even when I doubled it to two biscuits per circle. It resulted in empanadas that couldn't be easily sealed and the filling came spilling out as it baked. Also the dough tasted odd with the mushroom goat cheese mixture - I will not make this recipe again.:(
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NIGELBIGEL
03/06/2006
This was just so-so. I used the "Grands" size biscuits and had no problems rolling them out or stuffing them. The filling just wasn't that exciting. I think the chilies made the filling soggy and the goat cheese flavor was lost.
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Vanessa Nakoski
02/01/2011
The filling is great but I will definitely leave out the crunchies on the outside... it was a weird texture.
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Amy Ferrara
06/05/2009
I lived in Buenos Aires for a while and I'm always looking for new empanada recipes. I used latin market empanada shells (make sure you get the right kind - there's one for baking and one for frying). But the goat cheese and mushroom filling is just delicious. You can make these empanadas and then freeze them until you are ready to bake/eat.
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CUCKOOBIRD
02/12/2007
These tasted great but I burned the first batch completely. The cooking time can be reduced by about 10 minutes. Beware!
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Jessica
12/14/2007
I did not make these as empanadas but used pre-made phyllo cups in the freezer section. These were loved by the 3 guests I had.
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Sarah
02/05/2009
These were delicious! A few tips: as someone else mentioned they are easy to burn -- put them on the lower rack of the oven or on the top rack but check them after 10 minutes and every 2 minutes afterwards. Also use a fork to press down around the edges to seal the dough so the filling won't leak out. I also used more garlic & cilantro to add a little more flavor. Dipping in a salsa verde is a great combo.
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J Walter Jones
11/23/2006
The filling was wonderful. The biscuits could have been better but over all straight out of the oven they were yummy.
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