Meat Filled Turnovers

By lorik

Making the turnovers takes some time, but you can prepare them in advance, freeze the baked pastries, and reheat as many as your wish before serving.

Ingredients

• Alternate Filling:
• 1 1 1 cup (1/2 lb) butter, softened
• 1 1 1 cup small curd cottage cheese
• 2 2 2 cups all purpose flour, unsifted
• 1/2 1/2 1/2 lb lean ground beef
• 1/2 1/2 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/3 1/3 1/3 cup chopped onion
• 1/4 1/4 1/4 tsp dried dill
• 1/8 1/8 1/8 tsp pepper
• 3 3 3 Tbsp sour cream
• Chicken Filling:
• 1/2 1/2 1/2 cup finely chopped cooked chicken
• 1 4 1 4 1 4 oz can green chiles, drained and chopped
• 1/2 1/2 1/2 cup sharp cheddar cheese
• 3 3 3 Tbsp finely chopped almonds
• 1/2 1/2 1/2 tsp each garlic salt and chile powder
• Alternate Cream Cheese Pastry:

Details

Adapted from sunsetpublishing.com

Preparation

Step 1

Beat together butter and cottage cheese until well blended and creamy. Add flour and beat until thoroughly combined. Use immediately or cover and store in refrigerator for as long as 5 days. (If chilled, let dough come to room temperature before using).

To make filling, crumble ground beef in a frying pan over medium heat; add salt and onion and cook, stirring, until beef in browned and onion is limp. Stir in dill, pepper and sour cream. Blend well, set aside.

On a floured pastry cloth or board, roll out half the basic pastry dough at a time into a 10 inch by 16 inch rectangle (about 1/8 inch thick). Cut dough into 2 inch squares. Spoon about 1/4 tsp of the filling onto one corner of each square; bring the opposite corner over the top to enclose filling. With a fork, press the open edges together to seal.

Place turnovers about 1 inch apart on greased baking sheets. Bake in a 350 oven for 15 to 18 minutes or until pastry is lightly browned. Serve warm.

Or cool completely on racks, wrape airtight, and freeze. To reheat, bake frozen pastries in a 350 degree oven for 10 minutes. Makes 80 appetizers.