Empanadas are fried or baked pastries stuffed with sweet or savory fillings. These pastries are known throughout Portugal, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Philippines. Empanada comes from the Spanish verb empanar, which means to wrap in bread. An empanada is made by folding a disc of thinly rolled dough over a filling into a semicircle and then sealing the edge.
The Empanada is basically a stuffed pastry. It's made by folding the dough around the stuffing. The stuffing may include mincemeat, or cheese, it depends a lot on the country, but cheese and mincemeat are popular stuffings in Chile. The stuffing can also have seafood such as mussles, crab, etc. A popular filling in Chile for a empanada is the Pino which consists of beef, onions, raisins, olives, peppers and hard boiled eggs.
