Name: Empanadas de Espinacas Café Versailles (Spinach Empanadas Café Versailles)
Yield: Makes 6 to 8 empanadas; Serves 4 to 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: ½ teaspoon salt; 2 tablespoons butter or olive oil; Lard or vegetable oil for deep-frying; or 1 egg, beaten together with 1 tablespoon water, if baking; 1 teaspoon sugar; 1 large egg yolk; ¼ cup finely chopped onion; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 2 tablespoons flour; 4 tablespoons lard or vegetable shortening; 1 cup milk; 1 (10-ounce) package frozen spinach, thawed; 1¼ cups grated fontina or Swiss cheese; Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste; About ¼ cup flour for the work surface; Freshly grated nutmeg to taste; 1 large whole egg; 2 tablespoons butter

Preparation info

Makes 6 to 8 empanadas; Serves
4 to 6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Eating Cuban

By Beverly Cox and Martin Jacobs

Published 2006

About

Café Versailles is a popular gathering place for Cuban Americans in Miami. Open from 8 a.m. to 2 a.m. Sunday through Thursday and until 3:30 a.m. on Friday and 4:30 a.m. on Saturday, this lively establishment is made up of an elegant restaurant, a bakery and coffee shop, and a stand-up outdoor coffee bar, where businessmen get together for a quick café Cubano. Empanadas are a popular snack sold both at the coffee bar and the bakery.