Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Recipe: Curried Turkey with mini puff pastries

Curried Turkey
500-600 grams of turkey cut into cubes
200 mL of cream (recipe calculated with heavy cream)
1/2 a medium onion diced
1 tsp olive oil
curry powder
nutmeg
paprika

Saute the onion in a small quantity of oil using a low heat. When the onion begins to wilt add the turkey. Let cook on all sides and add the spices to taste (I like things spicy so I tend to add around 1 1/2 tbs of curry, 1 tbs of paprika, and 1 tsp of nutmeg). When the turkey is almost cooked through add the cream. Let simmer until the turkey cubes are fully cooked (do not let the cream come to a boil).

Serve over rice or with mini puff pastries. 

Puff pastries
1 cup water
1 cup butter
1 tsp salt

1 cup flour

Preheat the oven to 220* C (sorry I live in Italy right now and don't know the Farenheit :( ).

Combine first 3 ingredients in medium saucepan.
Heat and stir on medium-high until the mixture starts to boil and the butter is completely melted.
Reduce the heat.

Add flour. Stir until the mixture is fully incorporated and begins to pull away from side of saucepan/ It will now resemble a soft dough. Remove from heat and let cool for about 5 minutes.

Add the eggs1 at a time. Beat until well combined and the dough becomes thick and glossy.
Drop (about 2-3 tsps) for each onto a baking pan lined with parchment paper (you can also place them onto a greased baking sheet... but I prefer the easy cleanup of parchment paper).
Bake for around 30 minutes until dry. It should make about 36 puffs. (1 is 1 serving)


This came out really delicious!  And tomorrow I'm going to eat the leftovers with rice!

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