It is important not to use water-packed tuna for this, it will not work for the filling, purchase tuna packed in olive oil ONLY! This should give you between 50-60 small empanaditas, you can prepare (not bake) them up to 1 week ahead and freeze, place them on a baking sheet in one layer when frozen transfer to a ziploc freezer bag/s, these are perfect to serve at a get together or to have handy in your freezer for a late-nite snack! You will need a 2-1/4-inch round cookie or biscuit cutter for this. These are really good!
Ingredients: [‘tuna in vegetable oil’, ‘onion’, ‘garlic’, ‘pimento stuffed olive’, ‘capers’, ‘black pepper’, ‘seasoning salt’, ‘frozen puff pastry’]
Quantity of Ingredients: [“1 (6 ounce) can light tuna in vegetable oil, undrained (use oil-packed tuna only!)”,”1 small onion, finely chopped “,”1 tablespoon fresh minced garlic”,”1/2-3/4 cup finely chopped pimento stuffed olive”,”2 tablespoons drained capers, rinsed and finely chopped “,” black pepper”,” seasoning salt (or use white salt)”,”2 sheets frozen puff pastry, thawed “]
Number of Servings: 50
Steps: [‘Set oven to 400 degrees.’, ‘Prepare an ungreased large baking sheet.’, ‘Drain the oil from the tuna into a skillet; add in onion and garlic; saute over medium heat until softened (about 3 minutes).’, ‘In a bowl mash the tuna with a fork, then add in the onion/garlic mixture (with the tuna oil) along with the olives and capers.’, ‘Season with black pepper and seasoned salt.’, ‘Roll out the pastry sheet on a lightly floured surface into a 13-inch square.’, ‘Cut out 30 rounds with a floured cookie or biscuit cutter (discard any trimmings).’, ‘Put about 1/2 teaspoon of the tuna mixture in the center of each round.’, ‘Hold the filled round in the palm of your hand, then moisten edge with a finger dipped in water.’, ‘Cup hand, then fold dough over to form a half-moon, pinching edges to seal (this creates a border for crimping).’, ‘Transfer the Empanaditas to prepared baking sheet, then press back of a fork onto the border to crimp.’, ‘Form more Empanaditas with the remaining dough and rounds.’, ‘Bake (middle oven rack) for about 20 minutes.’, ‘Cool on the baking sheet on a rack for 10 minutes.’]