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By Betty Crocker Kitchens
Updated Nov 27, 2009
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Jump start your party by serving flaky turnovers filled with a spicy sausage mixture.

Empanadillas

  • Prep Time 40 min
  • Total 1 hr 5 min
  • Servings 24
  • Ingredients 10
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Ingredients

  • 8 oz bulk spicy pork sausage
  • 1 medium onion, finely chopped (1/2 cup)
  • 1 teaspoon finely chopped garlic
  • 1/4 cup raisins, finely chopped
  • 1/4 cup pitted green olives, finely chopped
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1 package (17.3 oz) frozen puff pastry, thawed
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon water
  • Fresh cilantro, if desired

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 400°F. Line large cookie sheet with foil or cooking parchment paper; lightly spray with cooking spray.
  • Step 
    2
    In 10-inch skillet, cook sausage, onion and garlic over medium-high heat 5 to 7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until sausage is no longer pink. Stir in raisins, olives and cumin; remove from heat.
  • Step 
    3
    On lightly floured surface, roll 1 sheet of pastry into 12x9-inch rectangle, trimming edges if necessary. Cut into twelve 3-inch squares.
  • Step 
    4
    Place 1 tablespoon sausage mixture on each pastry square. In small bowl, beat egg and water with fork until well blended. Brush egg mixture on edges of pastry squares. Fold pastry over filling to make triangles; press edges with fork to seal. Place on cookie sheet. Repeat with remaining pastry and sausage mixture. Brush tops of triangles with egg mixture.
  • Step 
    5
    Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm. Garnish with cilantro.

Nutrition

140 Calories
10g Total Fat
3g Protein
11g Total Carbohydrate
1g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Appetizer
Calories
140
Calories from Fat
90
Total Fat
10g
15%
Saturated Fat
3 1/2g
16%
Trans Fat
1g
Cholesterol
35mg
12%
Sodium
110mg
5%
Potassium
55mg
2%
Total Carbohydrate
11g
4%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
1g
Protein
3g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
0%
0%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
6%
6%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
1
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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