Savory pastries

Super quick tuna empanada

A quick Spanish tuna empanada with store-bought puff pastry, canned tuna, onion, red pepper, tomato and olives. Ready in 35 minutes.

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Recipe · Savory pastries

Super quick tuna empanada

  • 7 ingredients
  • 12 steps

Ingredients

  • 2 sheets puff pastry
  • 2 cans tuna in oil
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1 red bell pepper, chopped
  • 1 tomato, chopped
  • Pitted olives, chopped (optional)
  • 1 beaten egg

Step-by-step preparation

  1. Preheat the oven to 200 °C.
  2. In a skillet, sauté the onion and red pepper until golden.
  3. Add the chopped tomato and cook for a few more minutes.
  4. Add the tuna, flaking it with a fork, and mix everything well.
  5. If you like, add some chopped olives to the mixture.
  6. Place one sheet of puff pastry on a baking sheet.
  7. Spread the tuna and vegetable mixture over it, leaving a 1 cm border.
  8. Cover with the other sheet of pastry and seal the edges by pressing with a fork.
  9. Make a few diagonal cuts in the top of the empanada to let the steam out.
  10. Brush the top with beaten egg.
  11. Bake for 20–25 minutes, until golden.
  12. Let it cool a little before serving.

Your quick and easy tuna empanada is ready.

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