ALDI (Markets) partnered with El Nido’s Culinary Academy to provide quality foods and assist our budding young chefs in preparing fresh, wholesome foods on a budget.
Culinary Academy youth served a delicious meal for more than 50 children and parents, featuring products donated from ALDI Markets.
We are grateful for this partnership, and ALDI’s effort to combat local hunger in and around the Pacoima area.
Yield: 9 empanadas
INGREDIENTS:
Empanada Dough:
3 cups Baker’s Corner All Purpose Flour
¼ to ½ tsp Stonemill Iodized Table Salt
6 oz Countryside Creamery Unsalted Butter (1 stick of butter = 4 oz)
1 Simply Nature Organic Cage Free Large Brown Eggs
1 tbs Tuscan Garden White Vinegar
¼ cup to ½ cup of water or Friendly Farms milk (adjust as needed to obtain a soft and smooth dough)
Chili Orange Marmalade:
3 oranges
3 chilis, seeds removed and soaked, then sliced
2 cups Baker’s Corner Granulated Sugar
½ cup lemon juice
Cashew Crema:
2 cups cashews soaked overnight in water or for 2 hours in boiling water, then strained
1 cup lime juice
½ cup Baker’s Corner Active Dry Yeast or 2 tbs onion salt
DIRECTIONS:
Empanada Dough:
Chili Orange Marmalade:
Cashew Crema:
To Assemble Empanadas:
Yield: 18 mini tostadas
INGREDIENTS:
Mini Tostadas:
1 package of Pueblo Lindo Corn Tortillas
Guacamole Salsa:
1 avocado
2 tomatoes
1 jalapeno (or half for less spicy)
½ cup cilantro
1 tbs Stonemill Iodized Table Salt
t tsp Stonemill Ground Black Pepper
½ cup lime juice
Cashew Crema:
2 cups cashews soaked overnight in water or for 2 hours in boiling water, then strained
1 cup lime juice
½ cup Baker’s Corner Active Dry Yeast or 2 tbs onion salt
1 tbs salt
Other Ingredients:
½ head ice berg lettuce shredded
1 can Casa Mamita Traditional Refried Beans, heated
DIRECTIONS:
Mini Tostadas:
Guacamole Salsa:
Cashew Crema Direction:
To Assemble Tostadas:
Then add lettuce, finishing with fast zig-zags of cashew crema and guacamole salsa (this works best if guacamole salsa and cashew crema are in squirt bottles).