Empanadas Abiertas De Humita (Creamy Corn Empanadas) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

12 empanada pastry rounds
5 tablespoons butter, divided
3 green onions, minced
1 (14 ounce) can sweet corn, drained
salt and ground black pepper to taste
1 pinch ground nutmeg
6 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups whole milk
6 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese, divided

Preparation

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease and flour a 12-cup muffin tin.
Line the muffin cups with the 12 pastry rounds.\n Watch Now
Heat 2 tablespoons butter in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir green onions until tender, 3 to 5 minutes. Add corn, salt, pepper, and nutmeg; cook and stir until heated through, about 2 minutes. Remove skillet from heat.\n Watch Now
Heat 3 tablespoons butter in a saucepan over medium heat; add flour and cook, stirring with a wooden spoon, until a paste forms, about 1 minute. Slowly pour in milk, whisking constantly, and cook until a thick sauce forms and starts to bubble, 2 to 3 minutes. Add half of the Parmesan cheese and stir until smooth; remove from heat. Stir sauce into corn mixture.\n Watch Now
Fill pastry with corn mixture and top each with remaining Parmesan cheese.\n Watch Now
Bake in the preheated oven until golden, about 15 minutes.\n Watch Now