Jack is Cooking Thanksgiving Leftover Empanadillas

Well Hello Internet!

As always, there is leftovers from thanksgiving, and normally i take all these different things and i make a big turkey pot pie out of them.  However this year we had LOTS of leftovers, and after picking for 2 days, and countless sandwiches, i decided that the pie i was going to make needed to not taste like thanksgiving anymore, because everybody was pretty bored of it by now!

So i decided to make Empanadillas (which are a kind of Tapas) out of the leftovers, and the greatest part is, that pretty much all the ingredients are from the leftovers, with only 2 added ingredients!

Heres what i used:

Leftover Roasted Peppers, and Asparagus

Leftover Turkey, and Ham (we had a ham also for thanksgiving this year)

This isn't a leftover: one small chopped onion

You will also need:

some garlic

2 tomatoes (or canned diced tomatoes- i used some leftover homemade tomato sauce)

paprika

saffron

chipotle powder

lemon

salt and pepper

puff pastry

1 egg plus some water

olive oil

So i sauteed the onion in the olive oil until the onion was soft

Then i added the paprika (about 1-2 teaspoons), and a couple of strands of saffron.

Then i added the tomatoes.  i covered the pan and cooked over low heat for 15 minutes.

After 15 minutes, i mixed in the turkey, ham, and roasted peppers into the mix.  this i left uncovered and cooked for another 10 minutes or so, to let all the tomato-ey goodness soak into the turkey.

i decided it needed a little kick so i put in a tiny bit of chipotle powder, and squeezed some lemon juice in.

Then i cut circles out of the puff pastry dough (i used the frozen stuff.  puff pastry takes forever to make!)  i put 1 or 2 tablespoons of filling on the circles.

Folded them over and crimped them with a fork.  Then i brushed them with my egg wash.  The egg wash is just one egg, with a little water mixed in.  This makes the pastry nice and golden when it cooks.

baked them for 20 minutes at 350°

heres how they turned out!

These things are ridiculously delicious, easy to make, and much more interesting than the classic leftover pot pie!

mmmm mmmm delicious!