This week's food experience de mi cocina: Empanadas!

These beauties were my first attempt at the ubiquitous snack food of Buenos Aires. I decided to stick with the traditional chopped meat version using a recipe from my favorite publication, Saveur Magazine. Yep, that is steak that I finely chopped by hand (not ground beef), mixed with spices, roasted red peppers, chopped potato and hard-cooked egg, onion, red pepper and raisins, all oven baked in a handmade pastry.

I must say, they were delicious and I will be making more.

I want to make some vegetarian versions, perhaps onion and cheese. I also want to learn to make the pretty braided edges. Some of my edges came out better than others, but we ate the pretty ones before I took Empanada glamour shots.

Did I mention that I am going to take photography classes soon? The goal is to get the basic classes out of the way, then pursue food photography. I've got plenty to learn, but my published food photos to date suggest this is something I could do rather well with practice!