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Empanada
Any of a variety of stuffed pastries found in Spanish and Latin American cuisine.
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Any of a variety of stuffed pastries found in Spanish and Latin American cuisine.
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| empanadillanoun | A small empanada. |
| panadenoun | (Belize) A small fried empanada, often sold as street food. |
| pastelnoun | Any of several subdued tints of colors, usually associated with pink, peach, yellow, green, blue, and lavender. |
| panadanoun | (cooking) A dish made by boiling bread in water and combining the pulp with milk, stock, butter or sometimes egg yolks. |
| panadonoun | Alternative form of panada (paste made with bread) [(cooking) A dish made by boiling bread in water and combining the pulp with milk, stock, butter or sometimes egg yolks.] |
| pastynoun | A type of seasoned meat and vegetable hand pie, usually of a semicircular shape. |
| hand pienoun | (Southern US) A semilunar pastry with either a sweet or savory filling, formed by placing a dollop of filling onto a circular piece of biscuit-style dough and then folding it over and crimping it shut. They may be baked, fried or deep-fried. |
| hopianoun | (Philippines) A flaky pastry (typically filled with either mung bean, pork bits, purple yam, azuki bean, or etc.) |
| pastrynoun | (countable) A baked food item made from flour and fat pastes such as pie crust; also tarts, bear claws, napoleons, puff pastries, etc. |
| enchiladanoun | A Mexican dish made by wrapping a filling in a tortilla, then baking in a sauce. |
| paranthanoun | Alternative form of paratha. [an Indian bread with a texture somewhat resembling puff pastry; sometimes stuffed with vegetables etc.] |
| sopaipillanoun | A small, crisp, puffy, deep-fried pastry often served with honey. |
| pastienoun | (Northern Ireland) A circular, battered and deep-fried meat pie usually consisting of minced pork, onion, potato and seasoning and served in a bap or with chips. A peculiarity of Northern Irish "chippy" cuisine, rarely (if ever) seen outside the area. |
| antojitonoun | Any of various types of snack or appetizer in Mexican cuisine, such as a torta or pambazo. |
| picadillonoun | Any of various Spanish or South American dishes made with chopped vegetables and sometimes ground beef. |
| pandesalnoun | A kind of bread roll, popular in the Philippines. |
| migasnoun | A Mexican breakfast dish of fried corn tortilla strips mixed with eggs, and (especially in Tex-Mex cuisine) further ingredients such as onions, peppers, tomatoes and cheese. |
| cornish pastienoun | Alternative form of Cornish pasty. [A kind of meat pie, not made in a pie pan but with a large piece of folded-over pastry dough, crimped shut, then baked on a sheet. There is no one standard recipe, but it usually includes meat and vegetables in a thick hearty sauce.] |
| parathanoun | an Indian bread with a texture somewhat resembling puff pastry; sometimes stuffed with vegetables etc. |
| pastellenoun | (Trinidad and Tobago) A snack made of cornmeal filled with meat, all wrapped in a banana leaf. |
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