what kind of dough is used for empanadas
More. At a glance, empanadas look like radiant suns. We find them in almost every corner of Latin America, with different shapes, doughs and fillings. They are enveloped with dough made of wheat, corn, rye, yucca, plantain, puff pastry or pie crust, to name a few.n the Caribbean empanadas are made with yucca. This root is boiled to form a soft dough and then stuffed with ground beef or crab meat and fried. However, in Cuba, they are made with wheat flour stuffed with guava jelly and are baked.