Turnovers And Turnover Crust Recipe 45 Food

CRISPY CURRIED BEEF TURNOVERS

Steps:

• Combine sauce ingredients in a small bowl.
• Place a wok over high heat until hot. Add oil, swirling to coat sides. Add meat, onions and green onions and cook, stirring, until meat is browned and just cooked through, about 5 minutes. Add sauce and cook, stirring, until sauce boils and thickens slightly. Remove from heat and let filling cool.
• Preheat oven to 375°F Roll out pastry on floured board to a thickness of 1/8 inch. Using a 3-inch round cookie cutter cut out 20 circles. For each turnover, place 2 teaspoons filling on half of a round, moisten edges of dough with water, then fold other half over to enclose filling. Crimp edges to seal.
• Place turnovers 1 inch apart on lightly oiled baking sheets; brush with egg yolk mixture. Bake until golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes. Serve warm with chutney on the side.

EASY PARTY TURNOVERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375' In a medium skillet, cook the hamburger until done, drain.
• Stir in soup mix and cheese.
• Separate crescent dough.
• Place a tablespoonful of meat mixture in center of each triangle, fold over and seal edges.
• I use a small fork and go around and crimp the edges.
• Place on ungreased baking sheets and bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown.
• Makes 30 appetizers.

TURNOVERS AND TURNOVER CRUST RECIPE - (4/5)

Steps:

• Mix flour and salt in bowl. Cut in butter or shortening and mix well. Add water, 1 tbsp at a time until forms into a dough consistency. Wrap in saran wrap and place in refrigerator for 20-30 minutes. Take out of wrap and place on lighly floured surface. Flour your rolling pin. Roll the dough out until it is no thicker than 1/4 inch, a little thinner is perfect. Using a dough press, lid or glass, cut dough into 6 inch circles. TO MAKE TURNOVERS: 1.Preheat oven to 425 degrees 2. On lightly floured surface, roll out dough and cut into 6 in. circles 3. Place 2-3 tbsp filling in center of circle. 4. Brush the entire edge with water. Fold into half circle. Press edges firmly. Press the edges with a fork to seal well. 5. Arrange on dampened baking sheet, brush with egg wash 6. With a knife, cut several slits in tops of each turnover 7. Sprinkle with turbinado sugar. Bake in teh upper 1/3 of the oven, 12-15 minutes until puffed and golden.

TOURTIERE TURNOVERS

Steps:

• Pastry:.
• In a bowl wisk flour with salt. Using a pastry blender cut in cubed butter and lard until mixture resembles fine crumbs with a few larger pieces.
• In liquid measure, whisk egg and vinegar; add enough water to make 2/3 cup. Drizzle over dry ingredients, stirring briskly with a fork until ragged dough forms.
• Press into 2 discs.
• Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate until chilled, about 30 minutes.
• (Make-ahead: Refrigerate for up to 3 days. Makes enough for 2 9" pie crusts.
• Tourtiere turnovers:.
• In a large skillet, saute pork over medium-high heat, breaking up with fork until no longer pink, about 6 minutes. Add onion, garlic, celery,mushrooms,chicken stock,salt,pepper,thyme,cloves,cinnamon and bay leaf; bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat, cover and simmer until almost no liquid remains, about 10 minutes.
• Uncover, and cook until no liquid remains, another 5 minutes.
• Discard bay leaf and stir in potatoes.
• Let cool.
• Divide pastry in half.
• On floured surface roll out each to scant 1/4" thickness.
• For cocktail use 3" round cutter or for main course use 5" round cutter.
• Cut out circles, rerolling if necessary.
• For cocktail use 1 TBSP of pork mixture or for main course turnovers use 2 TBSPs of pork mixture.
• Place pork mixture in center of each circle. Lightly brush edge with water: fold over to create a half moon shape.
• Press edge with a fork to seal.
• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• Arrange racks on top and bottom third of oven.
• Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
• In a small bowl whisk 1 egg yolk with 1 TBSP water to brush over filled pastry
• Continue until all pastry and pork is used up.
• Place close together on prepared pans and brush with egg wash and cut steam vents in centers.
• Make-ahead: Freeze until firm, about 15 minutes. Layer between waxed paper in airtight container and freeze for up to 2 weeks.
• Bake at 425 degrees for 15 minutes.
• Reduce heat to 350 degrees; exchange cookie sheets top to bottom and bottom to top oven racks.
• Bake for an additional 15 minutes.

CHEESE TURNOVERS

Steps:

• Mix filling ingredients together.
• Set aside.
• Melt butter and shortening together.
• Mix all dough ingredients except vegetable oil.
• Knead.
• Add vegetable oil and knead again.
• Let rest 3 hours, covered.
• Divide into 10 balls, cover and let rest 10 minutes.
• Open each ball with fingers to size of dinner plate.
• Place filling over half of circle.
• Bring end of dough over filling to form large turnover.
• Press edges to seal.
• Cover and let rise one hour.
• Brush tops with one beaten egg mixed with one tablespoon milk.
• Sprinkle with sesame seeds.
• (optional).
• Bake on ungreased baking sheets in preheated 375F oven 40-45 minutes.
• This freezes well after baking.