Empanada Dough

This recipe is an accompaniment for Potato, Pepper, and Chorizo Empanadas. But once you've mastered a basic empanada dough, there's no reason you can't use it to make any kind of empanada your heart desires, like the sweet and salty combo of this Chicken Empanada with Chorizo, Raisins, and Olives or a Spiced Turkey Empanada—or even the surf-and-turf filling in these Tuna Empanadas with Serrano ham. You could also simply stuff the excellent dough with whatever meat and vegetable combinations you love, or have around in the fridge. Using the homemade dough rather than store-bought pizza dough or puff pastry will take any of these filling ideas to the next level.