World Flavors Cookbook

Empanada Gallega de Atún

Galicia's great stuffed flatbread — a golden pastry filled with tuna, onion, peppers, and sofrito. Perfect at room temperature.

Cuisine: Spain

Ingredients

• For pastry: 500g flour, 200ml olive oil, 200ml warm water, 10g yeast, 1 egg, salt
• For filling: 400g tuna in oil, 2 onions diced, 2 red peppers diced, 2 tomatoes diced, paprika, olive oil

Instructions

1. Make dough: mix flour, oil, water, yeast, egg, and salt. Knead briefly. Rest 30 minutes.
2. Make filling: sauté onions and peppers until soft. Add tomatoes and paprika. Cool. Add tuna.
3. Divide dough in half. Roll into rectangles.
4. Spread filling over one rectangle. Cover with second.
5. Seal edges. Brush with egg wash.
6. Bake at 200C for 35-40 minutes until golden.