In the past year my passion for food has risen to the forefront of my day to day life. I have come to realize the power of food to create memories and traditions. The "mess ups" provide opportunity to laugh while the good ones are wonderful to share.

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

What Hot Pockets Should Be

I have recently discovered that puff pastry should be a staple in everyone's home! It is so easy to work with and can be used in both sweet and savory ways.
Last week I used it to make "hot pockets" for dinner. They were a hit with both kids, and I used the left over filling in a pasta salad two nights later.

Ingredients:
1 sheet puff pastry thawed according to package directions
chicken broth
1 chicken breast
2 Tbsp olive oil
1 onion
5 or 6 mushroom sliced
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 tomatoes, chopped
2 Tbsp sundried tomatoes
2 Tbsp cooking sherry
salt and pepper to taste
2 cups raw spinach
1 cup mozzarella cheese

Directions:
Put raw chicken breast in a pan, cover with chicken broth. Bring broth to a simmer and let it cook the chicken breast all the way through.


Meanwhile, heat olive oil in a pan, saute onion and garlic on medium heat till onions are a light brown. Add mushroom and tomatoes and cook for about 5 minutes longer. Then add sundried tomatoes, spinach, sherry and salt and pepper and cook till the spinach is wilted. Take off heat.
Lightly flour a work surface and roll out your puff pastry. Cut in into four equal squares. Add the mozzarella cheese to the filling mixture, and put a healthy spoonful of the filling in the middle of the pastry squares and fold into a triangle. Press the edges firmly together, put on baking sheet. Prick the top of the pastry with a fork.
Bake at 375 for about 25 minutes, till pastry is brown and puffy.
Enjoy!

1 comment:

  1. this sounds so good. i think i will try it!! keep them coming!! i love trying new things.

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