World Flavors Cookbook

Empanadas de Pipián

Colombian pumpkin seed empanadas — masa pastries filled with a spiced yellow pumpkin seed sauce.

Cuisine: Colombia

Ingredients

• 400g masarepa
• Salt, water
• For filling: 200g pumpkin seeds toasted, 2 tbsp hogao, cumin, achiote, potato, spring onion
• Oil for frying

Instructions

1. Make masarepa dough: mix with water and salt to pliable consistency.
2. Make pipián: blend toasted pumpkin seeds with hogao, cumin, achiote, and water.
3. Cook with diced potato until thick.
4. Shape masa into thin circles. Fill with pipián.
5. Fold and seal edges.
6. Fry in hot oil until golden.