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empanada
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em·pa·na·da  (mp-näd)
n.
A Spanish or Latin-American turnover with a flaky crust and a spicy or sweet filling.

[Spanish, from past participle of empanar, to coat with breadcrumbs : en-, in (from Latin in-; see en-1) + pan, bread; see panada.]


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79 for an empada, a small-in-circumference-but-big-on-flavor pot pie stuffed with shrimp, chicken or hearts of palm; $1 for a trio of pao de queijo, wonderfully light little balls of cheese bread made with manioc flour (I could eat these babies by the pound); $1.
Just over a year ago, Empada Ranch was little more than a lunch truck selling snacks in Sao Paulo.
 
 
 
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