Today we bring you this delicious recipe for Colombian cheese empanadas, apart from the fact that they are delicious, we will teach you how to prepare them in a mini way, which makes them ideal snacks or canapés for parties and meetings, dare to innovate with these delicacies.
Ingredients to make Colombian Cheese Empanadas:
- 1 cup precooked yellow cornmeal
- 1 cup of mozzarella cheese
- 1 small jar of cream cheese
- 1 jar of oil for frying
How to make Colombian Cheese Empanadas:
1 The first thing you should do is get all the ingredients ready.
2 In a large container place the cornmeal and add a cup of warm water, let it rest for a minute.
3 Knead very well until there is a homogeneous and consistent dough, but it does not last.
4 On a bag greased with oil place a little dough and stretch it with a rolling pin until it is flat and place a little cheese in the center
5 Then with the edge of a glass form the empanada, remember that this must be mini and you achieve it by placing the least amount of edge on the dough.
6 This is how your empanadas should look, while you form all the Colombian empanadas, heat a separate frying pan with plenty of oil.
7 Fry your empanadas in the hot oil until golden brown.
8 Serve the empanadas as snacks with cream cheese or any other sauce of your choice and you will see how you surprise everyone.