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Today we're sharing 3 easy Christmas appetizer ideas using ready-made empanada wrappers. Surprise the whole family with original Christmas appetizers filled with traditional flavors that will easily win over everyone's taste buds. No kneading required! Prepare these easy and delicious empanadas to start your Christmas dinner or lunch. Their flavors—black pudding with apple; bacon and dates; and prawns and hake—will delight everyone. 👌 Note: You can prepare them the day before, store them in an airtight container, and refrigerate them. Heat them in the oven at a low temperature for a few minutes before serving. Discover how to make no-knead baked empanada appetizers by following the step-by-step instructions in this video: 00:00 Christmas Empanada Appetizer 00:12 Black Pudding and Apple Empanadas 02:42 Seafood Empanadas (Prawns and Hake) 06:31 Bacon, Date, and Walnut Empanadas 08:16 Presentation of Christmas Empanadas 🍎BLACK PUDDING AND APPLE EMPANADAS: 🛒 Ingredients (12 empanadas): 🔸 170 g onion black pudding (3 units) (6 oz) 🔹 1 small apple 🔸 20 g pine nuts (0.7 oz) 🔹 50 g caramelized onion (1.8 oz) 🔸 12 empanada wrappers 🍳 Empanada Filling Recipe Black pudding and apple filling: 1️⃣ Toast the pine nuts in a small, dry pan over low heat. Peel the apple and dice it. Remove the skin from the black pudding and slice it. 2️⃣ In a pan, add a drizzle of olive oil and sauté the diced apple until tender. Then, add the black pudding and cook over medium heat until it melts and blends with the apple. Add the caramelized onion and the pine nuts, mix well, and let cool. 3️⃣ Place a heaped teaspoon of filling on half of the pastry rounds, fold them over, and press the edges together with a fork. Place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. 4️⃣ Brush them with beaten egg and bake (in a preheated oven at 200°C / 390°F), using conventional heat (top and bottom heat, no fan), for 15-20 minutes, or until the surface is golden brown. Let them cool on a wire rack. 👌 Tip: You can omit the pine nuts or substitute them with chopped almonds. 🍤 SEAFOOD EMPANADAS: 🛒 Ingredients (12 empanadas): 🔸 8 king prawns 🔹 200 g hake fillets (7.1 oz) 🔸 100 g leek (3.5 oz) 🔹 150 ml milk (5.3 fl oz) 🔸 20 g flour (0.7 oz) 🔹 20 g butter (0.7 oz) 🔸 Salt 🔹 Pepper 🔸 Sesame seeds 🔹 24 empanada wrappers 🍳 Seafood Empanada Filling Recipe: 1️⃣ Peel the king prawns and devein them. In a small saucepan, heat about three tablespoons of olive oil. Sauté the prawn heads and shells, crushing them with a spatula. Pour in 250 ml of water (1 cup) and simmer, covered, over low heat for 20 minutes. Strain the stock. 2️⃣ Meanwhile, chop the prawns into small pieces and finely dice the leek. 3️⃣ In a frying pan, melt the butter with a drizzle of olive oil. Once melted, add the leek and sauté with a pinch of salt. 4️⃣ In another frying pan with a little olive oil, cook the hake fillets, breaking them up with a spatula. Add the prawns and season with salt and pepper. Cook for a couple more minutes. 5️⃣ When the leek is cooked, add the flour and cook over low heat for a couple of minutes. Next, pour in the milk and 100 ml (½ cup) of the strained stock. Stir until thickened. Add the hake and prawns. Cook everything together until the béchamel sauce is quite thick. Let it cool. 6️⃣ Place a couple of teaspoons of the mixture in the center of the wafers, cover with another, and seal the edges with a fork. Place them on a baking tray lined with parchment paper, brush them with beaten egg, and sprinkle with sesame seeds. 7️⃣ Bake (in a preheated oven at 200 ºC / 390 ºF), using the conventional bake setting (top and bottom heat, no fan), for 15-20 minutes, or until the surface is golden brown. 🥓 BACON, DATE, AND WALNUT EMPANADAS: 🛒 Ingredients (12 empanadas): 🔸 125g bacon strips (4.4oz) 🔹 50g walnuts (1.8oz) 🔸 6 pitted dates 🔹 80g cream cheese (2.8oz) 🔸 40ml heavy cream (2 tbsp) 🔹 12 empanada wrappers 🍳 Filling recipe for bacon, date, and walnut empanadas: 1️⃣ In a medium skillet, cook the bacon until golden brown. 2️⃣ Chop the walnuts and dates in a food processor. Chop the bacon as well. 3️⃣ In a bowl, combine the cream cheese, heavy cream, walnuts, dates, and chopped bacon. Mix well. 4️⃣ Place a teaspoon of the mixture in the center of the wafer. Lift three of the corners to form a triangle and press the edges firmly together. Then, fold them in the same direction. Place the triangles on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and brush them with beaten egg. 5️⃣ Bake (in a preheated oven at 200°C / 390°F), using the conventional bake setting (top and bottom heat, no fan), for 15-20 minutes, or until the surface is golden brown.