American Turkey Turnovers
- Reviews 3
Ready In: 1 hr 25 mins
Yields: 12 turkey turnovers
Ingredients
Filling
- 1⁄2 cup onion (finely chopped)
- 1⁄2 cup celery (finely chopped)
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 1 (10 1/2ounce) can condensed cream of chicken soup
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
- 3 -5 dashes poultry seasoning
- 3 cups cooked turkey or 3 cups chicken (very finely chopped)
Pastry
- 2 cups white flour or 2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
- 1 tablespoon curry powder (optional)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2⁄3 cup vegetable shortening
- 1⁄3 cup ice water
Directions
- Saute onion and celery in butter.
- Stir in remaining ingredients for filling.
- Sift together flour, curry powder (if using), and salt.
- Using either a butter knife, or a pastry blender cut in shortening until the mixture looks like a coarse meal.
- Sprinkle in 1/4 cup of the ice water, reserving the rest.
- Toss with a fork to mix.
- Quickly press the dough into a ball and set aside.
- If there is any flour left in the bowl, use reserved water to dampen and then press into the rest of the dough.
- There are two ways to do this next step, the second being the one I came up with myself.
- Choose the one that seems better to you.
- On a floured surface roll dough 1/8 in thick, and then cut into twelve 6 inch rounds.
- Or make twelve balls of dough and roll into 6 inch rounds.
- Spoon about 2 heaping tablespoons of the filling onto half of each of the rounds.
- Brush the margin of each round with a little warm water.
- Fold the empty half over.
- Use a fork to seal the edges, and then prick the top here and there.
- Use a spatula to carefully transfer the finished turnovers to a cookie sheet.
- Cover loosely with wax paper and freeze overnight.
- Package the turnovers in foil or freezer bags and label as necessary.
- When ready to cook preheat over to 425.
- Place desired number of turnovers on a cookie sheet and cook for as little as 15 minutes (in my experience) or as much as 60 minutes (according to original instructions).
- The edges should be golden when finished.
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