Seafood Empanaditas

Ingredients for Seafood Empanaditas

• 1 cucchiaino di sale

• 180ml hot water

• 600ml plain flour

• 1 teaspoon baking powder

• 1 cucchiaino di zucchero

• 50g lard at room temperature

• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter at room temperature

• About 725ml vegetable oil for frying

• 675g small hard-shelled clams (about 2 inches across), scrubbed

• 240ml vino bianco secco

• 675g cultivated mussels

• 1 medium onion, finely chopped

• 160g chopped spring onions

• 2 spicchi d'aglio, tritati finemente

• 3 cucchiai di burro non salato

• 1 1/2 tablespoons plain flour

• 1 fresh serrano or jalapeño chilli, seeded and finely chopped

• 1/2 tablespoons paprika (not hot)

• 1 teaspoon dried oregano

• 230g prawns, peeled and finely chopped

• 230g sea scallops, tough ligament from side of each discarded and scallops finely chopped

• 1 tablespoon chopped parsley

• Equipment: a 4-inch round biscuit cutter

• a deep-fat thermometer

• 1 deep-fat thermometer

• Accompaniment: tomato salsa

Stir salt into hot water until dissolved.

Sift flour, baking powder, and sugar into a large bowl, then make a well in centre and add lard and butter. Stir salted water into well with a wooden spoon, melting lard and butter, then stir flour into liquid, adding a little water if necessary, to form a soft and pliable dough. Knead dough on an unfloured surface until smooth and glossy, 3 to 5 minutes (dough will be soft and slightly sticky).

Cover dough with a kitchen towel (not terry cloth).

Cook clams in wine in a medium saucepan, covered, over medium-high heat until just opened wide, about 5 minutes (discard any that remain unopened). Transfer clams to a bowl with a slotted spoon, then cook mussels in same liquid, covered, stirring once or twice, until opened, 3 to 5 minutes (discard unopened ones). Add mussels to clams and strain cooking liquid through a paper-towel-lined sieve into a bowl.

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