Argentina’s equivalent of Cornish pasties – punchy, chilli-spiked and best eaten with your hands on a cold day
Years ago, I spent a few brilliant months in Argentina. Money was tight, so I lived mostly on empanadas: cheap, filling, delicious and somewhere in the territory of a punchy, chilli-spiked pasty.
In Argentina, if you’re lucky, you’ll come across an empanaderia – a bakery with glass cabinets full of empanadas. It’s been years since I walked through the doors of such a place, but at this time of year, I find myself craving flaky pastry, chilli and things eaten in hands, all of which adds up to empanadas. I dip them in chimichurri, an Argentinian-style salsa verde.
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