Empanadas

In Argentina, (and South America generally), an empanada is essentially a stuffed pastry. The filling usually consists primarily of beef, but may also contain cheese, ham and cheese, or spinach; fruit filling is used to create a dessert empanada. Chilean empanadas also use a wheat flour based dough, but the filling is slightly different and often contains more onion. Chilean's consider the Argentine filling seco, or dry. Columbian empanadas contain potato and meat, and are stuffed in a corn based pastry and fried.