Empanadas de Morocho

Name: Empanadas de Morocho
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Ecuadorian
Ingredients: 2 cups morocho corn flour; 300g fresh cheese, grated; 1 egg; Oil, for frying

Empanadas de Morocho/em-pah-NAH-dahs deh moh-ROH-choh/

About this dish

Corn dough empanadas filled with cheese, fried until golden, an Andean Ecuadorian snack.

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Ingredients

🌽2 cups morocho corn flour

🧀300g fresh cheese, grated

🥚1 egg

🫒Oil, for frying

Method

Serves 3

Mix corn flour with water and egg into a soft dough.

Flatten small portions and fill with grated cheese.

Fold and seal into half-moons.

Deep fry until golden and crisp.

Serve warm with aji sauce.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Empanadas de morocho are a traditional Ecuadorian snack, made from a distinctive white corn dough.

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