Find out how to prepare delicious and easy options to enjoy with the family
Savory, sweet, baked or fried, the pastel is a snack that can be prepared in different ways and with different fillings. Furthermore, it is easy to prepare and tends to please the most varied palates. For this reason we have separated 3 delicious recipes to make your weekend even tastier. Watch!
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ingredients
Pasta
- 3 cups wheat flour
- 1 cup of warm water
- 3 tablespoons of oil
- 1 tablespoon cachaça
- 1 teaspoon of salt
- Wheat flour for making dough
- Fry oil
Filling
- 1kg of Ground beef
- 2 tablespoons of oil
- 1 onion chopped
- 2 seedless tomatoes chopped
- 2 crushed garlic cloves
- 1 bunch chopped green chili pepper
- Salt and ground black pepper to taste
Preparation method
Pasta
Place the wheat flour and salt in a container and mix. Open a hole in the center and add the oil and cachaça. Add the hot water little by little and mix until you obtain a soft dough. If necessary, add more wheat flour. On a smooth surface floured with wheat flour, roll out the dough with a rolling pin until it is very thin.
Filling
In a pan, add the oil and place over medium heat to heat. Saute the onion and garlic until golden brown. Add the tomato and minced meat and sauté until all the water has dried up. Turn off the heat and add green chilli, salt and black pepper and mix. Then cut the dough into the size you want, fill it and close the pastry by pressing the edges with a fork. Fill a pan with oil and place over medium heat to heat. Fry the pastries until golden brown on both sides. Remove from the oil with a slotted spoon and drain on absorbent paper. Serve immediately.
Baked chicken puff pastry with cream cheese
ingredients
Pasta
- 2 cups wheat flour
- 1 teaspoon of chemical yeast
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 150 g of whey-free cream
- 1 egg yolk for brushing
- Wheat flour for making dough
Filling
- two cooked and chopped chicken breasts
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil
- 4 tomatoes without skin, deseeded and cut into small pieces
- 1 onion chopped
- 1 cup chopped parsley
- 1/2 cup chopped green olives
- 200g cream cheese
- Salt and ground black pepper to taste
Preparation method
Pasta
In a container mix the wheat flour, yeast and salt. Then add the other ingredients. Mix until you obtain a homogeneous mass. On a smooth surface floured with wheat flour, roll out the dough, cut into circles and set aside.
Filling
In a pan, heat the oil over medium heat and sauté the onion until translucent. Then add the chicken cut into pieces and brown for 3 minutes. Add the tomato, olives, salt and black pepper and sauté for another 1 minute. Turn off the heat, add the parsley, mix and leave to cool.
Assembly
Place a little cream cheese on each dough circle and cover with the chicken filling. Close the dough and press the edges with a fork. Brush the pastries with egg yolk, place them on a baking tray and bake in a preheated oven at 180ºC until golden brown.
Milk powder shortcrust pastry with hazelnut cream
ingredients
- 395 g of condensed milk
- 1 cup sifted powdered sugar
- 2 cups of powdered milk
- 1 pinch of salt
- Hazelnut cream to taste
Preparation method
Place the condensed milk, icing sugar and salt in a container. Mix until you obtain a homogeneous mixture. Add the milk powder and mix until a smooth dough forms. If necessary, add more powdered milk.
Wrap the dough in baking paper and roll it out until it is very thin. Remove the dough from the baking paper and let it dry a little. Cut it into disks, fill them with the hazelnut cream and seal the edges with a fork. Spray with milk powder and leave to dry. Serve immediately.
Source: Terra
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