It’s no surprise that Beto’s Comida Latina owner Albert Mijangos can fill, fold and crimp empanadas with the best of them. After all, his San Antonio restaurant sells hundreds of the savory and sweet ...

Allie has been Lifehacker’s Food Writer since 2021. She earned her bachelor’s degree at Ithaca College in drama and studied at the Institute of Culinary Education to earn her diploma in Pastry and ...

I crave empanadas on a daily basis, and I’m not exaggerating. After years of making them at home, I can tell you that the dough is what separates a good empanada from a great one. Store-bought discs ...

Empanadas come with a wide variety of fillings, and are either baked or fried. In restaurants, I prefer the fried version, but baked ones are lighter and easier to cook. I love to use this dough for ...

The sort-of secret: Super Empanada, an offshoot of Tanto, an Argentinian steakhouse on Queen West You may have heard of it if: You’ve walked by the storefront on the way to a picnic at Trinity ...

A pastry filled with meat, cheese or seafood might sound simple, but Chile’s national dish takes time, cooperation and a lot of love to get right. When Marxist politician Salvador Allende became ...

These savory turnovers are easy for kids to assemble and even easier for them to eat (their name comes from the Spanish word empanar, "to bake in pastry"). Empanadas can be found throughout Latin ...

A good empanada holds the flavor secrets of Latin America in its soul. Its core reveals an aromatic story that’s unique to a nation, a kitchen, a street kiosk. These ubiquitous hand pies are as ...

If your experience with turnovers is the apple dessert at McDonald’s or defrosted Hot Pockets, you need to get out more. Turnovers — or hand pies, with savory or sweet fillings — are common around the ...