Masa para empanadas (Pie / Pasty dough) - (TM)

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A Spanish yeasted dough for making pies and pasties.

Ingredients

• 50g water
• 50g extra virgin olive oil
• 50g white wine
• 90g lard or butter
• 1 egg
• 30g fresh yeast
• 450g strong bread flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg, for glazing

Mise en place

• Pre-heat the oven to 200°C / 400°F / Gas 6.

Method

1. Tip all of the ingredients into the bowl, except the egg, yeast, flour and salt. 1 minute / 37° / Speed 2.
2. Add the egg and yeast and mix 5 seconds / Speed 4.
3. Add the flour and salt and mix 25 seconds / Speed 6 and then 2 minutes / Knead.
4. Divide the dough into two.
5. Roll out thinly and line a rectangular dish.
6. Fill with your chosen filling (it must be cold), and cover with the remaining dough, sealing the borders well.
7. Prick the dough and glaze with the beaten egg and decorate [with spare pieces of pastry] as desired.
8. Bake in the oven for about 30 minutes.

Recipe source

• This is a translation of a recipe in Thermomix TM31 - Imprescindible para tu cocina which is the book supplied with Spanish TMXs.