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Empanada gallega
Galician — Breads & Pastry

Empanada gallega

One of 76 entries · The Food of Spain by Claudia Roden

I · Origin

Galicia, Spain

II · Description

Galicia's defining savory pie — a double-crust dough encasing a filling of onion and pepper sofrito with tuna, bacalao, or sardines. The dough is enriched with the same olive oil used to cook the sofrito, which connects the crust to the filling flavour. Empanada gallega is sold whole in every market, feira, and café in Galicia; it is the portable, democratic food of the pilgrimage road. The name comes from empanar — to enclose in bread. The dough is neither shortcrust nor puff but something between: tender, slightly flaky, with enough body to enclose a wet filling without becoming soggy.

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