Sausage and cheese empadão

Sausage and cheese empadão

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A Brazilian empanada filled with crispy sausage, melted cheese, and hard-boiled eggs, all encased in a milk and butter pastry, and decorated with braided …

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This large empanada is filled with sausage, cheese, and hard-boiled eggs. Its dough, made with milk, is topped with braided strips of dough.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time40 min
  • Cook time40 min
  • Total1 hr 20 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodOven baking
  • Estimated cost$10.21 $1.28 / serving Estimated price; varies by store.

Ingredients

8 people
  • $0.25
  • $0.28
  • $0.09
  • $0.27
  • $8.04
  • $0.13
  • $0.80
  • $0.35

Prices from US supermarkets.

Directions

  1. In a large bowl, combine the milk, butter, yeast, and salt. Gradually add the flour, mixing until the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl. ≈ 4 min
  2. Reserve a portion of dough for decorating. ≈ 2 min
  3. Fry the sausage, then cut it into small pieces. Also, cut the cheese and set it aside.
  4. Mix the remaining filling ingredients (except the cheese) with the oil, chopped hard-boiled eggs, parsley, and oregano. Heat through, then allow to cool.
  5. Spread the dough, fill it with the filling, add the cheese, and then fold it to create a large empanada shape. ≈ 10 min
  6. Spread the reserved dough, cut it into strips, braid them, and arrange them on top. ≈ 8 min
  7. Brush with egg yolk and bake in a hot oven until golden brown.

The bill

Sausage and cheese empadão

  • 1 cup of milk$0.25
  • 2 tablespoons of butter$0.28
  • 1 tablespoon of baking powder$0.09
  • wheat flour, in sufficient quantity$0.27
  • 400 g of sausage$8.04
  • 2 tablespoons of oil$0.13
  • 2 whole eggs, hard-boiled$0.80
  • 1 egg yolk, for glazing$0.35

Total$10.21

that's $1.28 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 1 cup of milk
  • 2 tablespoons of butter
  • 1 tablespoon of baking powder
  • salt, to taste
  • wheat flour, in sufficient quantity
  • 400 g of sausage
  • 200 g of Prato cheese
  • 2 tablespoons of oil
  • 2 whole eggs, hard-boiled
  • 1 egg yolk, for glazing
  • parsley and oregano, to taste

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