Meat (Pulled pork) and Vegetarian (Butternut squash) Empanadas

2 Kinds of Empanadas

This is a laundry day recipe. Could take a while. Prepare fillings ahead of dough.

Pulled Pork Filling
2-3 lbs pork putt on the bone
5-10 cloves garlic
3 T salt
2 red onions
1 bunch cilantro

1. Place pork butt in crock pot and stuff with garlic and cover with salt. 
2. Cook on high for 4 hours
3. Cook on low for at least 4 and up to 8 hours more. 
4. Should fall off bone and shred with 2 forks.
5. Thinly slice red onions and saute in olive oil or pork fat until sweet and caramelized. 
6. Chop cilantro

Butternut Squash Filling 
1 organic large butternut squash
4 anaheim chiles
bundle of sage

1. Preheat oven to 375
2. Halve and seed butternut squash.
3. Roast squash until tender approx 60 min
4. Cool, remove skin and make small cubes
5. Roast chiles on broil until charred on all sides
6. Cool, peel and seed chiles
7. Chop sage then chiles

Empanada dough
3 c all purpose white flour
1 c whole wheat flour
1/2 c corn meal
3 tsp salt
1 c cold butter cut into small cubes
2 T white vinegar
1-1 1/2 cups ice water
extra flour
pastry cutter
egg wash for assembling

1. With a pastry cutter or preferably a large food processor get the first 5 ingredients to a crumbly consistency. 
2. Pour mixture into large bowl to work into ball. 
3. Add vinegar to water mixture in measuring cup.
4. Pour 1/4 cup water at a time to form a dough with your hands. 
5. Dough should not be too wet. If too sticky add flour
6. Make 2 balls and set aside in fridge or freeze for another time

And now you have to build them.

1. You will need a large circle cookie cutter or can to cut dough circles
2. Make an egg wash 
3. Flour a large flat surface 
4. Use a rolling pin to get dough thin and even
5. Cut out circles
6. Put a small amount of filling in the middle of a dough circle
7. Brush edges with egg wash
8. Close with pie press or fork
9. When finished with all they can be frozen or baked immediately 
10. 350 until golden brown
11. Makes about 20-25 depending on size

Good Luck!