Comments on: How to make Colombian Empanadas – directions

By: Facebook Spying

Facebook Spying — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:08:22 +0000

[...] half bragging to all of our compatriots living in the U.S. because we were about to enjoy some empanadas, oh delicious Colombian empandas to celebrate my birthday and the SuperBowl ™. Sure enough [...]

By: Nika

Nika — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:17:37 +0000

Oh jeepers, there are rumors out there that I am writing up sancocho?! LOL I need to do it. I just made it the other day and TOTALLY forgot to write it and shoot it.

PROMISE I will make it again and be good this time.

There is no way to get around the harina thing. Maybe you can order it online? here are a couple of links:

http://www.latinmerchant.com/productdetail.asp?ProductID=F0009

http://www.uniquellamaimports.com/product/24

I send you luck hugs and hope you can get this there!

By: Alia

Alia — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 09:11:40 +0000

Nika, I am a Colombian by birth but raised in the States and then living now for 15 years in the Middle East! I have mastered my husbands cuisine (Indian) but not my much missed Colombian. I am so happy that I have found you and your site and look forward to looking into it more. I have been dying for Empanadas and my two kids are willing to help with all the work but the flour or masa is a huge issue for me. I can not find this special harina and want to know what you recommend? I am almost at the point of using the local samosa frozen dough!! I read you are writing up SANCOCHO!! OMG I gotta find that!! Thank you and besos! Alia

By: Shyla

Shyla — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:50:56 +0000

Me again! We’re hard at work still. Is there anything we can do with the broth afterwards? It smells so yummy…..

By: Nika

Nika — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:55:34 +0000

Here is the link for that

http://nikas-culinaria.com/2005/12/30/empanadas-the-recipe/

By: Shyla

Shyla — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:16:39 +0000

Hello again Nika,

My girls and I are making empanadas today – at long last!!! Is there a spot on your blog where you give us a little more instruction. Your pictures are wonderful, but we are not sure how much the pork butt should weigh or how long to cook it.

Thanks!
Shyla, Angelina, and Luisa

By: Patrici

Patrici — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:18:55 +0000

I’m a Colombian that lives in North Nevada & can not locate the correct masa someone once told me that Albers cornmeal can work but I haven’t got a cool how to use it as a replacement. We get more mexican style flours on the west & the are no markets that sell for arepas or empanadas the right style, any suggestions?

By: gloria

gloria — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 02:10:57 +0000

Today was the first time to eat empanadas colombians, In a restaurant in chicago.
They were so good I ran home to find a recipe to learn how to make them. I am mexican
raised puerto rican and married to a cuban man for 22 years. I’m a very good cook. I cook everything. My family never knows what country their going to eat that day. But they enjoy
it all. Thank you for this step by step recipe I made it now and it is wow wow WOW.
Tomorrow all of our children will be here which are five and their spouses and 14 grandchilren, They are in for a great surprise. I have to wake-up early to have done for them
thank you thank you thank you

By: Nika

Nika — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:57:00 +0000

Not weekly or anything like that! I am going out as we speak to get ingredients for these, gonna have empanada feast this weekend – chicharrones too

By: Catherine

Catherine — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:44:29 +0000

Nothing more delicious than a Colombian empanada and a manzana (Postobon of course). So you make these often?