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Spanish · PANTRYHOP RECIPE

Empanadillas de Atún (Tuna Turnovers)

35 minutes · 4 servings · omnivore

Empanadillas are a classic Spanish snack and lunch item, especially with tuna filling.

Ingredients

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  • 12 discs ready-made empanadilla discs or small pie dough rounds
  • 2 cans (2 x 120 g) canned tuna, drained
  • 4 tbsp tomato sauce
  • 2 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
  • 1/2 medium onion, finely chopped
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/8 tsp black pepper
  • 1 egg, beaten for sealing

Let’s make it

  1. Heat olive oil and cook onion 5 minutes until soft. Stir in tuna, tomato sauce, chopped egg, salt, and pepper; cool slightly.
  2. Heat the oven to 200 C/400 F.
  3. Fill each disc, fold, seal with beaten egg, and crimp with a fork.
  4. Bake 15–18 minutes until golden and crisp. Cool 5 minutes before serving.

Make mini turnovers for small hands and pack them cold in lunchboxes.

Cooking time varies with equipment and batch size. Follow school allergy rules for children’s meals; keep perishable lunches cold.

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