Licorice is the world's perfect candy. The flavor is optimal for activating dopamine among all right-thinking people. Not everyone agrees, but this is how you can distinguish between the enlightened and the depraved among the people who walk upon the Earth.
Empanadas are a wonderful food delivery system popular here in Texas. In a flash of characteristic brilliance, it occurred to me a few months ago that one could make empanadas with a licorice filling. As far as I can tell, I am the inventor of this epoch-defining development.
I experimented with many different types of licorice, most of which melted badly if at all during experiments. Only Darrell Lea licorice melted smoothly during baking. I used a fairly standard empanada dough recipe and filled the dough circles with licorice, either chopped up or in original strips.
In retrospect, I should have actually ground up the licorice pieces into very fine bits to enhance the melting. I will continue to experiment as my invention (or, to quote members of my family, my "un-Texan abomination") transforms the culinary world.
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