Blackberry and Cream Cheese Empanada

Name: Blackberry and Cream Cheese Empanada
Prep time: 80 min
Cook time: 50 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Argentina
Ingredients: 2 cups blackberries; 1 cup sugar; 1 tablespoon lime juice; flour, for rolling out; 350 grams puff pastry; 1/2 cups cream cheese, in cubes; egg, for brushing; icing sugar, for decorating

Lorenza Ávila

This easy Blackberry and Cream Cheese Empanadas recipe is a delicious dessert to prepare. The cheese helps to balance the sweetness of the homemade blackberry jam, so you won’t feel overwhelmed by sweetness when eating them. To make these empanadas even tastier and more flavorful, you can make your own puff pastry and blackberry jam.

With these Blackberry and Cream Cheese Empanadas, you will see that making empanadas doesn't require many ingredients or much time.

Reviewed by Editorial Team of Kiwilimón

Published: 20-09-2018

Preparation

30 mins

50 mins

Low

Preheat the oven to 200°C. In a pot, cook the blackberries with the sugar for about 30 minutes over low heat or until it reaches a thick consistency, add the lemon juice and mix well. Let cool and set aside. On a floured surface, roll out the puff pastry to approximately 3 mm thick and use a 10 cm round cutter to cut out disks. Fill the puff pastry disks with blackberry jam and cream cheese, close them and use your hands to make a fold, place them on a baking sheet and brush with egg. Bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown, let cool and decorate with powdered sugar.

Nutritional information

* Information per 100g serving, percentage of daily values based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Energy

328.7

kcal

16.44%

Carbohydrate, by difference

40.1

13.37%

Protein

3.7

7.4%

Total lipid (fat)

17.7

27.23%

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Tips

Make the blackberry jam very thick so that it holds up during baking. The puff pastry should remain cold while you work with it, this way the layers separate properly and you will get crunchier empanadas with defined layers.

Blackberry and Cream Cheese Empanada

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