Sunday, March 6, 2011

Turkey and Sweet Potato Turnovers

Hey! It's been a while since I've had a chance to cook anything exciting enough to post!
I took this recipe from the realsimple.com website and tweaked it a tad.  It originally called for ground beef and cheddar cheese, which you are more than welcome to use in place of the ground turkey and goat cheese.

 olive oil
1lb ground turkey
1 medium sweet potato peeled and shredded
2 cups baby spinach
2 puff pastry sheets thawed
4 ounces goat cheese
2 cloves of garlic chopped 
salt and pepper

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Heat olive oil in a saute pan. Brown the ground turkey until completely cooked. Do not over cook it. Stir in the garlic, sweet potatoes, and spinach. Cook over medium heat until the spinach is slightly wilted.  Salt and pepper to taste. Cover baking sheet in aluminum foil and spray with cooking spray. Lay the puff pastry sheets out separately on the baking sheet and cut each one in half with a pizza cutter. Fill half of each puff pastry strip with the meat, spinach, and potato mixture leaving a 1/4 edge all the way around.  Top with goat cheese crumbles; fold and seal the dough to make turnover pockets. Bake for 20-25 minutes until golden brown. 

Dustin is working out a dipping sauce for these.  He wasn't happy with his first attempt! I'll update when I have his dipping sauce :)

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