DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Bierzo empanada
Also known as: Empanada del Bierzo
A Bierzo pie filled with beef, potato, onion and chard.
About Bierzo empanada
El Ingeniero Cocinero presents this empanada berciana, also called empanada de batallon, as based on his grandmother's recipe from El Bierzo. The filling combines beef, potato, onion and chard inside a homemade dough.
Sweet paprika, olive oil and salt season the meat and vegetables. The dough contains strong bread flour, milk, water and olive oil, enclosing the filling between two rolled layers.
The edges are closed around the filling and the upper crust is pierced. An optional egg-yolk wash gives the surface a glossy finish, while the substantial pie holds its meat-and-vegetable mixture beneath the browned top.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Milk, Wheat (gluten).
Optional additions: Egg.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Bierzo empanada
El Ingeniero Cocinero's grandmother-based empanada berciana de batallon.
- Extra virgin olive oilCooking medium
- WaterLiquid
- MilkLiquid
- Strong bread flourBase
- SaltSeasoning
- Egg yolkFinish · Optional
- Beef chuckProtein
- PotatoesFilling
- OnionAromatic
- Swiss chardFilling
- Sweet paprikaSeasoning
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Extra virgin olive oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual74 dough and84 filling, same allocation consolidated.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Milk: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Actual76 literal dairy milk.
- Strong bread flour: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat (gluten) source-confirmed. Actual77 harina de fuerza, standard strong wheat bread flour; dough and bench dust90 consolidated.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Egg yolk (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Egg source-confirmed. Actual78 explicit optional if desired, despite final92 short instruction to paint.
- Beef chuck: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual80 ternera de aguja, broader beef-chuck candidate, exact young-cattle product unprovided.
- Potatoes: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Swiss chard: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual83 acelgas, exact leaf/stem allocation unprovided, no spinach substitute.
- Sweet paprika: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Spain
- SpainCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- El Bierzo Cuisine
- Leonese CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.