A fabulous street food mash-up served with a gooey beer cheese dip! Delicious smoked sausage, peppers, and onions, stuffed in pastry discs make these Smoked Sausage and Peppers Empanadas perfectly portable and mess free!
Course Appetizer
Cuisine American
Keyword sausage and peppers empanadas
Prep Time 1 hourhour
Cook Time 50 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour50 minutesminutes
Servings 20
Calories 200kcal
Author Erica
Ingredients
Smoked sausage empanadas
4links Eckrich Smoked Sausage
¼cupunsalted butter
2red onionsdiced
2bell peppersdiced
2clovesgarlicminced
Kosher salt
Black pepper
Red pepper flakes
Dried oregano
½cupbeer
20empanada discs
1eggbeaten
Beer cheese
8ouncescream cheesesoftened
8ouncescheddar cheese blendshredded
8ouncesmozzarella cheeseshredded
1cupbeer
4drops liquid smoke
Kosher salt
Black pepper
Instructions
Smoked Sausage Empanadas:
Place the sausages in a large skillet over medium heat, and brown on all sides. Remove from skillet, slice in quarters, then chop into small chunks.
Melt butter in skillet. Stir in the onion, and garlic, and cook 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in bell pepper and season to taste with salt, peppers, and oregano. Stir in beer and simmer 5 minutes, or until the vegetables are tender.
Return chopped sausage to skillet with the vegetables. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer 10-15 minutes, or until sausage is heated through and vegetables are cooked.
Drain liquid from mixture in a large, fine-mesh sieve. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Place empanada discs on work surface. Using heaping tablespoon measure, spoon mixture onto center of dough round. Using your finger, paint the outer edge of the dough with water. Fold dough into half-moon shape; gently press down edges and use the tines of a fork to seal. Repeat with remaining ingredients.
Divide empanadas among baking sheets. Brush tops of empanadas with egg wash. Cook until pastries turn golden brown and filling is hot, about 30 minutes.
Beer Cheese:
In a small saucepan set over low heat, melt the cream cheese. Add the shredded cheeses and beer, stirring consistently until melted.
Stir in the liquid smoke, then season as desired with salt and pepper. Keep on very low on stovetop until ready to serve - this cheese thickens quickly.