Crab and Shrimp Empanadas – The Pedernal Project

Name: Crab and Shrimp Empanadas – The Pedernal Project
Ingredients: 2 tbsp butter; 1 small onion, finely diced; 1 small sweet pepper, finely diced; 1 cup shrimp, peeled and deveined; 2 ears corn, kernels only (about ¾ cup corn); Salt; pepper; ¼ cup cream cheese, at room temperature; Juice and zest of 1 lime; ½ bunch cilantro or parsley, chopped; 1 cup picked crab meat; 1 recipe empanada dough; Fat or oil for frying, or olive oil if baking; 1 large red, yellow or gold bell pepper, seeded and roughly chopped (about 2 cups); 1 small onion, sliced; 3 cloves garlic, peeled; 1 red jalapeño, halved and seeded (optional); ¼ cup olive oil; 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar

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Many years ago while working at the farmers' market, I'd head over to a long-forgotten Brazilian food stand and get shrimp empanadas (they certainly had another name) with a yellow pepper sauce that...

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Ingredients

2 tbsp butter
1 small onion, finely diced
1 small sweet pepper, finely diced
1 cup shrimp, peeled and deveined
2 ears corn, kernels only (about ¾ cup corn)
Salt
pepper
¼ cup cream cheese, at room temperature
Juice and zest of 1 lime
½ bunch cilantro or parsley, chopped
1 cup picked crab meat
1 recipe empanada dough
Fat or oil for frying, or olive oil if baking
1 large red, yellow or gold bell pepper, seeded and roughly chopped (about 2 cups)
1 small onion, sliced
3 cloves garlic, peeled
1 red jalapeño, halved and seeded (optional)
¼ cup olive oil
1 tbsp apple cider vinegar