Friday, January 06, 2006

Ilocos Empanada in the Making

I always watch TV programs or documentaries showcasing the beauty of the Philippines. One of the beautiful places I would love to visit is Vigan, Ilocos Sur. UNESCO made Vigan as one of the world’s heritage site.

I remember when I was 14 years old; I watched the movie “Underage” starring Dina Bonnevie, Maricel Soriano and Snooky Serna. Some of the scenes from that movie were shot in Vigan; the old house where they lived and the streets of Vigan.

Talking about Vigan isn’t complete without mentioning its food and delicacies. I love vigan longanisa, bagnet, and the most-famous empanada with sukang iloko dip.

Whenever I want to eat empanada I go to Sidcor Market in The Lung Center of the Philippines parking area every Sunday or in Katipunan, QC. While I was waiting for my order of empanada last December 24, 2005, I asked the stall owner in Sidcor Market if I could take pictures of their empanada cooking. She was really very generous enough to agree.

The procedure starts with the preparation of the wrapper. The woman gets some dough made from rice flour, form it into circle and flatten it with rolling pin.




She puts shredded papaya, cooked mongo on top of the flatten crust.
She adds vigan longanisa and 1 whole egg.


She folds it into half, trim the wrapper, and seal the edges then deep-fry in oil.


Yummy vigan empanada
By the way, empanada costs PhP35.00 each. I also bought bagnet for PhP340.00 per kilo and Vigan longanisa for PhP180.00.






11 comments:

Anonymous said...

hello lani this post seems so interesting and yummyyyyyyyy ! ilove empanadas,might try this one :)

btw tnx for visiting my site!

Lani said...

CJ:
Yes, you can add me to your link. I love it.

Sarap talaga ng empanada at ganda ng Vigan, grabe!

Eden:
Ganda ng blog mo, feeling ko narating ko na lahat ng places na minention mo doon, galing ng pagkakakuha.

Take care!!!

Anonymous said...

lani never tasted this kind of empanada...
anyway pag uwi ko malapit lang naman ang tiya ko sa lung center.

Nick Ballesteros said...

Plano namin ni wofe pumunta sa Vigan for vacation. Sana mangyari this year!

Ang sarap naman nung empanada. Vigan longganisa ang laman! Aaaargh nagugutom ako.

Lani said...

Sha:
You should try vigan empanada, uulit-ulitin mo ang kain kapag natikman mo. I am not an Ilocana but I really love ilocano dishes.

Watson:
Ako rin laging gutom, kahit 3 empanada kaya kong ubusin kaya lang medyo ingat-ingat sa paglafang dahil hypertensive ako.

CJ:
Parang dinaanan ng bagyo ang bagnet sa aming mag-anak (ako, hubby and kiddo). Sarap talaga, actually nga ni hindi ako nakapagluto ng pinakbet which is iyon ang plano ko kya bumili ako ng bagnet.

God bless all!

Anonymous said...

all the ingredients sound tempting, and in ensaymada, whoa!
inggit*

ting-aling said...

Lani, the longganisa and the bagnet, yes I had them when I went to Ilocos recently. Now you make me feel homesick.

Anonymous said...

So funny. Such a small world Lani. I found your blog through Eden who I found through CJ but i believe my gf also knows you - Ellen - .... lol. How small world huh. I love your blog. Yummmm.

Lani said...

Thess:
*empanada, ginutom tuloy ako sa ensaymada.

Ting:
Sarap talaga di ba?

Aviva:
It's really a small world.

Anonymous said...

puwedeng pakibigay ang recipe ng Vigan empanada. Salamat ngarod!

Anonymous said...

pwedeng mahingi ng recipe ng empanada. d ko kc cgurado an gmeasurement eh. tnx