Empanadas: baked or fried?

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Have you lived in Argentina long enough?

Longer than I care to remember. How about you? Just curious - from your posts I'd said a long time.

 

[Gustavo_L]

Salteñas have potato pieces inside. Raisins, Olives, hard boiled egg?

Seafood Empanadas Fritas de Camaron..!!


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Hey...I'm a native marplatense, despite having transplanted myself in the US 32 years ago, so seafood rules!

 

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Passover Empanadas... de Vigilia..!

You are right, that's the name: de Vigilia. They have great ones in San Isidro, too, at the Confiteria La Argentina. If you ever come this way, it's worth a visit. It's been in business for over a hundred years, and still has the original Art Nouveau carved oak counters. Otamendi 384, in downtown San Isidro.

 

[Rich One]

Best used to be at Confteria

Salteñas have potato pieces inside. Raisins, Olives, hard boiled egg?

Seafood Empanadas Fritas de Camaron..!!


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They must be nicely shaped.. !" Golden Brown and Juicy..! Empanadas .

A saying was "A good empanada must be so Juicy, that the juice will burn your hand , and mess your shoe, the edges must be soft and eatable..!

Try Confieria Via Dolce Av, Santa Fe 3637

 

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They are soggy,.

Strange - of all the people I know in Recoleta, you are the only one who doesn't like them. Must be particularly hard to please. Luckily, you like La Biela....!

 

[FrankPintor]

Mis Gustos in Palermo have empanadas de hojaldre, the fillings are really nice, particularly the chicken (guiso salteño).

 

[Ceviche]

Strange - of all the people I know in Recoleta, you are the only one who doesn't like them.

I don't like them either, Makes us 2..

 

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I don't like them either, Makes us 2..

I stand corrected - make it two. Sorry you don't like them, but to each his own. People drive from Belgrano to buy them.

 

[Dougie]

The best I've had are the empanadas in Salta. Juicy and flavorful.

 

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Ceviche said:
I don't like them either, Makes us 2..
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I stand corrected - make it two. Sorry you don't like them, but to each his own. People drive from Belgrano to buy them.

I mean, ARGENTINES love them, and drive from Belgrano to buy them. Perhaps they are a bit too authentic to please foreign palates. That sometimes happen - I found the locro salteño in Salta almost inedible, but my local relatives loved it.