If you like the combination of sweet and savory flavors, you will love these fresh fig and cheese empanadas! The perfect bite-size snack or appetizer.
Back in March, as soon as we found out about Sincerely Brigitte’s Orange Ginger Cheese, we knew we needed to create something delicious that would incorporate this delicious blend. We created a comforting Cheese Stuffed French Toast. If you’ve been following our blog for long you will know that we love Sincerely Brigitte cheeses, and are always looking forward to trying new things with their unique flavor combinations.
Because we love the sweet/savory combination so much, and to take advantage of the beautiful figs we found in the market, we created these delicious fig and orange ginger cheese empanadas.
The great thing about these, in addition to their bright, rich flavor palette, is that they are relatively quick to prepare. Using store bought pie crust ( and we absolutely believe that using an all natural brand makes a huge difference) is a great short cut to use! It felt like it took no time at all to prepare these flavor loaded treats, which we have easily served as both an appetizer and as a snack.
If you’d like to venture outside of your comfort zone, please give these empanadas a try! You won’t be disappointed.
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Fig and Cheese Empanadas
- Prep Time: 30 mins
- Cook Time: 30 mins
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 28 1x
- Diet: Vegetarian
Description
If you like the combination of sweet and savory flavors, you will love these fresh fig and cheese empanadas! The perfect bite-size snack or appetizer.
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp butter
- 2 dozen fresh figs diced (makes about 1 ½ cups)
- 4 tbsp sugar
- ⅛ tsp ground cloves or cinnamon
- 7 oz Sincerely Brigitte Orange Ginger Cheese, shredded
- 15 oz (2 rolls) store bought pie crust (we used Immaculate Baking)
- 1 egg, beaten with 1 tsp water
Instructions
- Pre-Hear oven to 375F. Line 2 large baking sheet with parchment paper
- Heat butter in a large skillet. Add diced figs, sugar and cloves and cook over medium heat for about 15 minutes or until almost all the liquid from the figs has evaporated
- Transfer to a bowl, add shredded cheese and mix well
- Carefully open one pie crust and keep the other one in the fridge. Roll out the crust and smooth it out using a rolling pin. Take a 3" cookie cutter (you can also use a glass rim ) and cut out dough circles. Gather the dough scraps, re roll them and cut out more circles (repeat the process as many times as necessary until you don't have any dough left)
- Place about 1 teaspoon filling in the center of each round and carefully seal all the edges with your fingers to form a small empanada. Using a fork carefully seal the edges again. Repeat the process with the second roll of dough
- Arrange the empanadas on the lined sheet and gently brush them with the egg and water mixture. Bake for 15-17 minutes
Notes
- IF YOU HAVE ANY LEFTOVER FILLING, SPREAD IT ON A PIECE OF BREAD AND TOAST IT FOR A TASTY BREAKFAST TREAT. YOU CAN ALSO ADD IT TO THE BATTER NEXT TIME YOU MAKE PANCAKES!
- TO SHRED THE CHEESE MORE EASILY, FREEZE IT FOR HALF AN HOUR BEFORE SHREDDING
- Category: Appetizer
- Method: baking
- Cuisine: Latin American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 empanada
- Calories: 120
- Sugar: 10.8
- Sodium: 78
- Fat: 5.4
- Saturated Fat: 2.3
- Unsaturated Fat: 2.5
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 16.3
- Fiber: 1.7
- Protein: 2.7
- Cholesterol: 14.8
Lisa Jay says
Delicious. Love this one.
★★★★★
Vicky & Ruth says
Thank you Lisa Jay, they were gone in no time in our house!
Fanny Tantoco says
This recipe is amazing!!
I've tasted Fig Empanadas from a restruarant while visiting Texas and have been searching for a recipe close to theirs.
This is recipe is the closest. Only difference they used shredded mozzarella.
So happy I found you website searching for fig empanadas :o)
Thank you from
Seattle WA
★★★★★
Vicky & Ruth says
Welcome, Fanny. We are so glad you found us!