Vegetarian Savory Pumpkin Pasties

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups pumpkin puree
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons plain yogurt (or sour cream)
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• 1 garlic clove, crushed (1 tsp minced garlic)
• 1/4 cup cheese, shredded (your choice!)
• 1 tablespoon black sesame seed
• 2 teaspoons sage, shredded
• 1/2 teaspoon thyme (fresh would be optimal but i use dry)
• 1 (15 ounce) package pillsbury ready-made pastry crust
• 1 egg, beaten (for brushing)

Recipe

• 1 in a skillet, heat the oil and brown the onion and garlic together until soft and translucent.
• 2 in a mixing bowl, mix with the pumpkin and the browned onion together.
• 3 whisk in the egg and yogurt/sour cream to give it a nice creamy consistency.
• 4 whisk in the remaining ingredients.
• 5 preheat the oven to 350f and while it's preheating, roll out the pastry crust and use a biscuit cutter, 5-oz ramekin, or the outline of a can to cut circles.
• 6 grease a cookie sheet with cooking spray and line the circles up on them, spacing them out evenly.
• 7 put about a rounded tablespoon-ful of pasty mixture into each circle.
• 8 brush the edges with egg , fold the pastry with your fingers to form semi-circles, sealing them, and crimp the edges down with a fork.
• 9 brush the outsides of each sealed pasty with egg .
• 10 bake for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown.
• 11 let cool on a wire rack for about 5-10 minutes prior to eating. they are delicious with some herbed sour cream. i also like them with guacamole.