{"id":11066,"date":"1999-01-18T23:13:07","date_gmt":"1999-01-19T06:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=11066"},"modified":"2013-11-14T23:23:43","modified_gmt":"2013-11-15T06:23:43","slug":"canastitas-caprese-open-faced-empanadas-with-tomato-basil-and-mozzarella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=11066","title":{"rendered":"Canastitas Caprese (Open-faced Empanadas with Tomato, Basil and Mozzarella)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>12 empanada shells<\/p>\n<p>3 small tomatoes, chopped<\/p>\n<p>6 oz. mozzarella cheese, diced<\/p>\n<p>10 basil leaves, chiffonade [thinly sliced]<\/p>\n<p>kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste<\/p>\n<p>Preheat the oven to 425\u00c2\u00baF. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Form a \u00c2\u00bd-inch pleat by pinching together the side of the empanada shell. Fold the pleat over and press firmly against the edge of the dough. Continue to pleat and fold the empanada shell in this manner until it forms a basket shape.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/HowtoShapetheCanastita.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11067\" alt=\"HowtoShapetheCanastita\" src=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/HowtoShapetheCanastita.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/HowtoShapetheCanastita.jpg 360w, https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/HowtoShapetheCanastita-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Place it on the baking sheet, covered with a slightly dampened dish towel. Repeat the shaping process with the rest of the empanada shells. Evenly divide half of the cheese cubes among the canastitas, followed by all of the chopped tomato and basil. Sprinkle a tiny pinch of salt and a grind of pepper over each canastita. Top the canastitas with the remaining cheese.\u00c2\u00a0 Bake in the oven for about 15 minutes or until the dough and cheese turn lightly golden brown. Allow the canastitas to cool for 5 minutes before serving. Tips: Roma tomatoes work well in this recipe because they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re not too juicy, but you can use any sort of flavorful garden tomato for the canastitas. You may want to deseed and\/or drain the juice from the tomatoes once they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re chopped to keep the canastitas from getting too watery. Also, be generous with the filling \u00e2\u20ac\u201d the ingredients cook down considerably in the oven.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/capapp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11068\" alt=\"capapp\" src=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/capapp.jpg\" width=\"391\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/capapp.jpg 391w, https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/capapp-244x300.jpg 244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>12 empanada shells 3 small tomatoes, chopped 6 oz. mozzarella cheese, diced 10 basil leaves, chiffonade [thinly sliced] kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste Preheat the oven to 425\u00c2\u00baF. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Form a \u00c2\u00bd-inch pleat by pinching together the side of the empanada shell. Fold the pleat over and press firmly against the edge of the dough. Continue to pleat and fold the empanada shell in this manner until it forms a&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=11066\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appetizers-snacks","category-meat-free"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11066"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11069,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11066\/revisions\/11069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}