Further food #1

Empanadas are a little bit like miniature cornish pasties, and can be purchased round the corner (any corner) for 1000 guaranies, which is approximately 12p.

A step up from this is making your own, for which you need a mould.

You can buy minced meat to make the filling with, or you can grind it yourself, as pictured here, which tastes better (apparently).

Similarly, you can use pre-made pastry circles (as above) or you do that part yourself too, as my friend's mother did for his nephew's birthday. This involved putting the rolled-out dough through what looked like a mangle.

They are most commonly fried, but can be oven-baked too.