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salteña

Name: salteña
Cuisine: Bolivia

Traditional dish from Bolivia

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About salteña

Bolivian meat pastry

A salteña is a Bolivian type of baked empanada, a type of turnover. Salteñas are savory pastries filled with beef, pork or chicken mixed in a sweet, slightly spicy sauce containing olives, raisins, ají, potatoes and sometimes egg. Vegetarian salteñas are sometimes available at certain restaurants. Salteñas are filled with a juicy gelatin-based stew that is solid when prepared, but melts when they are baked; the pastry is hard and sweet, not like other empanadas.