Tuna Empanaditas
- 1 (6-oz) can light tuna in olive oil (not drained)
- 1/2 cup finely chopped onion
- 1/2 cup finely chopped pimiento-stuffed green olives (3 oz, drained)
- 2 tablespoons drained capers, rinsed and chopped
- 1 (17 1/4-oz) package frozen puff pastry sheets, thawed
- Special equipment: a 2 1/4-inch round cookie cutter
- Preheat oven to 400F.
- Pour oil from tuna into a medium skillet.
- Add onion to skillet and cook over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until softened, 3 to 4 minutes.
- Mash tuna in a bowl with a fork, then stir in onion, olives, and capers.
- Season generously with pepper and very lightly with salt.
- Roll out 1 pastry sheet on a lightly floured surface with a lightly floured rolling pin into a 13-inch square.
- Cut out 30 rounds with floured cookie cutter and discard trimmings.
- Put 1/2 teaspoon tuna mixture in center of each round.
- Hold 1 filled round in palm of your hand, then moisten edge with a finger dipped in water.
- Cup hand, then fold dough over to form a half-moon, pinching edges to seal (this creates a border for crimping).
- Transfer empanadita to an ungreased large baking sheet and press back of a fork onto border to crimp.
- Form more empanaditas with remaining rounds, then bake on sheet in middle of oven until golden, 20 to 25 minutes.
- Meanwhile, make more empanaditas with remaining pastry sheet and filling.
- Bake in same manner.
- Cool empanaditas on baking sheet on a rack about 10 minutes.
- Serve warm.
light tuna, onion, green olives, capers, pastry sheets, cutter
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/tuna-empanaditas-105716 (may not work)