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Monday, March 9, 2015

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.

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