Puertorrican PASTELILLOS, who can give me the recipe from scratch?

Question

I need the dough part of the recipe

Answer 1

3 1/3 cups all purpose flour
1 tablespoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
3 1/2 tablespoon shortening, chilled
1 egg - well beaten
3/4 cup cold water
oil for frying


These may be stuffed with shredded cheese, guava paste, or carne guisada (ground beef - seasoned)


Procedure:
Mix flour, salt, and baking powder. Cut shortening into the flour mixture. Using a blender mix egg and water well. Add liquid mixture to flour and mix well using a fork. Divide the dough into 10 pieces.

Work each piece at a time with a rolling pin until it is the size of a small plate. Add about a tablespoon of stuffing in the middle, fold in half. Secure edges by pressing with a fork. Make sure to use plenty of oil to fry them in so that they expand.

Answer 2

You can buy the dough already molded into discs. My wife gets them at the local Giant and Safeway supermarkets.

I found this recipe for the dough from the Univision site, it more or less matches what I remember from memory. I probably watched my mother do this 100 times when I was a kid:

2 cups of flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup cold water
4 spoons of lard
1/4 tablespoon of baking soda
The recipe doesn't include a coloring agent, so you may want to get a tiny little bit of achiote oil in case the dough doesn't come out the right yellow.

Mix the flour, salt and baking soda. Add the lard and then knead it the same way you would knead bread. Sprinkle water gradually and keep kneading until the dough doesn't stick to your hands. Cover it and let it rest for 30 minutes and it will be ready to cut and shape into discs for the pastelillos.

If you can, try to grab a copy of Cocina Criolla by Carmen Aboy Valldejuli, it should be easy to find it in English and Spanish in Amazon, Borders and Barnes and Noble.

Answer 3

http://www.elboricua.com/Pastelillos_Volaos.html this should help.

Answer 4

Spell check please