How to make a light Galician empanada for Easter?


The holidays are approaching and with it the concern of dieters. If this is your case do not despair, you can keep losing weight by eating a traditional preparation of Easter, the Galician empanada. It is therefore important that you adjust the recipe, preparing a light mass. If you are interested in eating a dish tasty and low in calories in Easter, I’ll tell you how to prepare it.



The Galician empanada is one of the dishes you should not miss on Easter, even if you’re dieting. You just need to know how to do to become a light recipe.

Galician Pie Recipe for Easter

Ingredients for 8 servings
  • Calories per serving: 280
  • Light dough ingredients
  • 250 gr. Flour
  • 2 tablespoons cold water
  • 1 teaspoon of salt
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • Vegetable spray


Filling ingredients
  • 2 peppers
  • 2 large ripe tomatoes
  • 500 gr. onion
  • 1 can of tuna raw
  • 1 can of mackerel naturally
  • 1 egg
  • Garlic, bay leaf and paprika


Dough preparation
  • Place flour, salt, water and oil in a food processor
  • If necessary add a little more water
  • Dividing the dough, stretch very thin and place in two pie pans, one of them previously oiled
  • Reserve in refrigerator for 2 hours


Preparation of filler
  • Sprinkle pan with vegetable oil
  • Chop the onion, garlic, chili and tomatoes
  • Fry these foods, less tomato
  • Once the onions are translucent add the tomatoes, mackerel, tuna, paprika and bay leaf
  • Let it cook until you remove some of the liquid they exude these foods
  • Once the egg is ready (you can add beaten or hard, depending on your preference).


Remove the dough from the refrigerator. Dump the filling on one of the covers and the other you cover the filling. Close and you can paint it with milk or beaten egg.

Cook over medium heat until browned.
The traditional Galician pie has about 600 calories/serving, whereas the light version reduces the calorie content about 300 calories, a figure at all negligible. Given these numbers, can consume up to 2 servings of low-calorie cookie pie.

In this light Galician empanada, you can accompany with a dollop of low-calorie Easter thread or a piece of Easter egg with reduced caloric value.

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