Rwop Finalist Breakfast Empanadas With Chipotle Cream Recipes

BREAKFAST EMPANADAS WITH CHIPOTLE CREAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350ºF.
• Spray a cookie sheet with vegetable oil cooking spray; set aside.
• In a large skillet, over medium-high heat, cook sausage, crumbling into small pieces. Once cooked through, drain fat. Add 8 oz. cream cheese to sausage and stir until melted. Add tomatoes, cumin, salt, pepper and garlic powder. Stir to combine.
• Open can of biscuits; separate each biscuit into 2 halves. Flatten each half with your hands to make larger. Spoon a heaping tablespoon of sausage mixture onto center of each biscuit; fold biscuit in half and seal by pressing edges together. Place on prepared baking sheet and brush with beaten egg.
• Bake 15 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool slightly before serving with Chipotle Cream.
• Chipotle Cream
• In a small saucepan, combine 4 oz. cream cheese, sour cream, chipotle peppers and garlic salt. Cook over medium heat until cream cheese is melted and all ingredients are combined.

SOPAPILLAS

Steps:

• For the sopapillas: Heat the milk and sugar in a small saucepan over low heat until the sugar melts and the milk is warm to the touch.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a dough hook, add the flour, lard, baking powder and salt. Mix for 1 minute to incorporate the lard. With the machine running on medium, drizzle the warm milk mixture into the mixing bowl. Mix until a ball of dough forms. Cover with plastic wrap and chill the dough for at least 1 hour.
• When ready, heat 2 inches of vegetable oil to 385 degrees F in a Dutch oven. Line a baking sheet with paper towels.
• For the topping: Mix together the sugar and cinnamon in a medium bowl; set aside.
• Dust your work surface with all-purpose flour and roll the dough out to a 6-by-12-inch rectangle. It should be about 1/8 inch thick. Cut the dough into 2-inch squares and fry in batches of 6 until golden brown, about 1 1/2 minutes per side.
• Using a spider, remove the hot sopapillas from the oil to the paper towel-lined baking sheet. Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar over the sopapillas and toss to coat. Transfer to a serving platter and drizzle with honey. Serve warm.

BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS SANDWICH

Steps:

• Separate the halves of the English muffins and spread them with some of the butter. Set them face down on a griddle to lightly brown. Set aside.
• Add 1 tablespoon of the butter to a skillet over medium heat. Cut the ham into small circles with a biscuit cutter or ring cutter and quickly brown in the skillet.
• In the same skillet (or a separate one if you run out of room), place 6 egg rings into the pan and brush with butter all over the interior of the rings. Crack an egg into each ring. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and cook. Flip the eggs over when the white is 80 percent set, after 3 or 4 minutes, and cook about 30 seconds to 1 minute more.
• Lay out the muffins in a row with the bottoms down and the tops ready to go on. Lay a slice of cheese on each. Lay a slice of ham on each. Lay an egg on each. Put the tops on. Immediately wrap them in a foil bag to lock in the heat.

RWOP FINALIST: BREAKFAST EMPANADAS WITH CHIPOTLE CREAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Spray a cookie sheet with vegetable oil cooking spray; set aside.
• In a large skillet, over medium-high heat, cook sausage, crumbling into small pieces. Once cooked through, drain fat. Add 8 oz. cream cheese to sausage and stir until melted. Add tomatoes, cumin, salt, pepper and garlic powder. Stir to combine.
• Open can of biscuits; separate each biscuit into 2 halves. Flatten each half with your hands to make larger. Spoon a heaping tablespoon of sausage mixture onto center of each biscuit; fold biscuit in half and seal by pressing edges together. Place on prepared baking sheet and brush with beaten egg.
• Bake 15 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool slightly before serving with Chipotle Cream.
• Chipotle Cream: In a small saucepan, combine 4 oz. cream cheese, sour cream, chipotle peppers and garlic salt. Cook over medium heat until cream cheese is melted and all ingredients are combined.

RWOP FINALIST: BREAKFAST EMPANADAS WITH CHIPOTLE CREAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Spray a cookie sheet with vegetable oil cooking spray; set aside.
• In a large skillet, over medium-high heat, cook sausage, crumbling into small pieces. Once cooked through, drain fat. Add 8 oz. cream cheese to sausage and stir until melted. Add tomatoes, cumin, salt, pepper and garlic powder. Stir to combine.
• Open can of biscuits; separate each biscuit into 2 halves. Flatten each half with your hands to make larger. Spoon a heaping tablespoon of sausage mixture onto center of each biscuit; fold biscuit in half and seal by pressing edges together. Place on prepared baking sheet and brush with beaten egg.
• Bake 15 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool slightly before serving with Chipotle Cream.
• Chipotle Cream: In a small saucepan, combine 4 oz. cream cheese, sour cream, chipotle peppers and garlic salt. Cook over medium heat until cream cheese is melted and all ingredients are combined.

RWOP FINALIST: BREAKFAST EMPANADAS WITH CHIPOTLE CREAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Spray a cookie sheet with vegetable oil cooking spray; set aside.
• In a large skillet, over medium-high heat, cook sausage, crumbling into small pieces. Once cooked through, drain fat. Add 8 oz. cream cheese to sausage and stir until melted. Add tomatoes, cumin, salt, pepper and garlic powder. Stir to combine.
• Open can of biscuits; separate each biscuit into 2 halves. Flatten each half with your hands to make larger. Spoon a heaping tablespoon of sausage mixture onto center of each biscuit; fold biscuit in half and seal by pressing edges together. Place on prepared baking sheet and brush with beaten egg.
• Bake 15 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool slightly before serving with Chipotle Cream.
• Chipotle Cream: In a small saucepan, combine 4 oz. cream cheese, sour cream, chipotle peppers and garlic salt. Cook over medium heat until cream cheese is melted and all ingredients are combined.