Spanish III Makes Empanadas de Pino!
Above (Students preparing to roll out empanada dough)
On Tuesday, March 19th, both of Maestra Megyesi’s Spanish III classes went to room 18, where they prepared and cooked Chilean-style empanadas de pino. Prompted by the class's food and culture unit, they first watched a video on how to make these beef-filled empanadas. The class then discussed the food and cooking vocabulary they observed in the video before getting to work. Different groups of students worked on various jobs within the kitchen. While Maestra worked on making the empanada dough, other students chopped and cooked onions, and another seasoned and cooked the ground beef. Once the dough was finished, other students rolled it out and cut out the circles used to make the empanadas. After everything was prepped, each student had a chance to fill and fold an empanada, either by hand or by using an empanada press. To make the empanadas de pino more traditional, students had the option to add olives and raisins to the beef and onion filling. (Written by TA Aubrey Seman!)
Link to the video watched in class.