Lenten Empanada with Salt Cod and Golden Raisins

Empanada de Bacalao con Pasas

Preparation info
  • Makes 1 large empanada; serves

    12 to 14

    as a tapa
    • Difficulty

      Medium

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By Anya von Bremzen

Published 2005

  • About

During Lent in Spain, salt cod takes the place of meat in all kinds of terrific dishes. This empanada, with its marvelous play of the sweet and the salty, is delicious made either with store-bought puff pastry or with the Olive Oil and Saffron Pastry. It takes a little effort but the results are to die for. Serve it for a light lunch along with a green salad or as a tapa, cut into small squares. The salt cod needs to soak for at least twenty-four hours, so