Comments on: Empanadas – The Recipe

By: Suki Duarte

Suki Duarte — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 08:14:09 +0000

Hi, I’m so glad that I found you blog. My husband is half Columbian and I’m Chinese. He keep saying how much he missed the Columbian empanadas, I have never been to Columbia, so I dont know what it taste like. After I go through the recipes……it’s a bit like the Chinese dumpling( the shape and stuffing), but we boiled not deep fried.

We live in Hong Kong and we don’t have any Latino food store here, the only “masa-harina” that I can find here is “Bob’s Red Mill” . Is this ok to use?

Thanks

By: Andres

Andres — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:58:01 +0000

Nika, I found it really difficult to find mas harina but i did find it, however You are saying to use masarepa, is it quite easy to find and are the benefits from using masarepa rather than masa harina?

Cheers

By: Jessica Mendoza

Jessica Mendoza — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:20:21 +0000

Nika,

Colombian style red beans.

By: Nika

Nika — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:00:08 +0000

Andres: No do not use the masa harina – you have to use the masarepa (precocida)

I have never tried to order via web to the UK or here for that matter so I do not have any recommendations!

By: Nika

Nika — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:58:14 +0000

J: you mean like the red beans and rice in Louisiana style or colombian style?

By: Andres

Andres — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:55:47 +0000

Nika, I live in the UK Englan and i find it really difficult to find the Harina for my empanadas. I was wondering if it is cheao to get imported from colombia in bulk? Also i went to the supermarket and got cornflour but it wasnt the right one, cornflour is just the translation from spanish to English. is Masa Harina ok and are there any others Harina that i can use for my empanadas, please help me!!

muchas gracias Nika

By: Jessica Mendoza

Jessica Mendoza — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:33:09 +0000

Hello Nika, I haven’t tried any of your recipes. but I myself, have perfected the empanada, antioqueño style, though with a lot of help from my Colombian family. Do you have a recipe for red beans and rice?

By: Nika

Nika — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 04:21:27 +0000

Gail: I know of a store in Worcester that sells ginormous bags of all types.

they are at

Compare Foods Supermarket
664 Main St
Worcester, MA 01610

http://www.comparesupermarkets.com/showStore.php?SID=35

Here is a link to the company La Venezonlana http://www.venezolanacorp.com/home/OurProducts/tabid/55/modId/467/LCPage/2/eType/ALL/LCTag/ALL/Default.aspx

By: Gail Domenico

Gail Domenico — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:51:52 +0000

Hi Nika,
I have not been able to find either La Venezolana or ArepaHarina Colombiana corn meal here in New Hampshire. Do you know of any online sites that may have it or places in Mass they may be worth the drive? I know it makes a HUGE difference. Thanks for any info.

By: Sara

Sara — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 18:14:03 +0000

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