🥟 Empanada is a type of baked or fried turnover
consisting of pastry and filling, common in Spanish, other Southern
European, Latin American, and Iberian-influenced cultures around the
world.
The name comes from the Spanish empanar (to bread, i.e., to coat with
bread),and translates as 'breaded', that is, wrapped or coated in bread. They
are made by folding dough over a filling, which may consist of cheese,
tomato, corn, or other ingredients, and then cooking the resulting
turnover, either by baking or frying.