It’s almost painful to write a list like this, knowing that your mother-in-law’s meat empanadas are, in fact the best empanadas you have tried in your nearly 6 year Buenos Aires eating binge. Her combination of ground beef, italian herbs, red pepper and a few key secret ingredients that give her’s that extra kick. But alas, they are not available to the general public.
Here is Anuva’s list of the top 5 places to get empanadas in Buenos Aires. For those who don’t know, an empanada is a “hot pasty”–which we don’t have in America either so I will define: cheese or meat or “other” filled pastry that is then baked or fried. The gauchos used to take these with them for lunch when they went out to rope and herd cattle, at least that is one of the explanations I’ve heard. The ancient orgin is put somewhere in Portugal or Spain during the Arabian occupation of the Iberian Peninsula:
We tend to prefer very stuffed (re-relleno) empanadas as that is the best part, the filling. (I don’t know why you would want one that is not super filled).
1. La Fidanzata. Best traditional ham and cheese empanadas. Super filled and cheesy.
2. El Gourmet. Fried empanadas. Lots of options and again, super filled.
3. Los Inmortales. These guys made it on our list for pizza as well. Pizza and empanadas in Argentina very frequently go hand in hand.
4. La Zoila. Salteno empanadas and other food from Salta: locro, tamales, humita, etc.
5. La Buena Cocina. Very unique flavors such as “El Bosque”: carrot, mushroom, bacon, mozarella and brown sugar.
Que disfruten! (Enjoy!)
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