Empanada at Dap-ay ti Ilocos
Empanadas in Ilocandia are very different. These empanadas are made of a savory filling of green papaya, beans sprout and, upon request, chopped Ilocano sausage (longganisa) and/or an egg yolk. Rather than the soft, sweet dough favored in the Tagalog region, the dough used to enclose the filling is thin and crisp, mostly because Ilocano empanada uses rice flour, coloured orange with achuete (annatto), and is deep-fried rather than baked.
