Pizza Empanadas (Empanadillas de Pizza) are a popular Puerto Rican snack of flaky dough filled with a 4-ingredient pizza mixture, then fried

Puerto Rican-style Empanada Dough is a 5-ingredient recipe that produces a flaky pastry shell to make many popular recipes.

The dough is made very quickly and with only 3 ingredients. The filling this time is tuna with piquillo peppers.

Pork Picadillo Empanadas are a handheld meal that’s easy to prepare and freezes beautifully.

Flaky pastry on the outside and creamy white sweet potato preserve filling in the inside, make for a wonderful combination.

Dumplings – handpies stuffed with pork, pepper and brie cheese (in Spanish)

Vegetable empanadillas that can be frozen to be consume at any time. Gluten free. (in Galician)

Sweet empanadillas filled with sweet potatoes, almond meal, cinamon, anise, and lemon zest. recipe in Polish

These little pastries also make wonderful appetizers for a “home from holiday” party

Tapa of empanadillas, patties filled with tuna, hard-boiled egg and olive stuffing.

Pastelillos de Carne Puerto Rican Style