Vegetarian Savory Pumpkin Pasties Recipes

VEGETARIAN PASTIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Make the dough: mix flour, salt and baking powder together in a medium size mixing bowl. Cut in butter. Stir in egg, vinegar and 1/2 cup water. Continue stirring until dough is moist enough to be formed into a ball (add more water if necessary). Form the dough into a large ball.
• Make the filling: bring a pot of 3 cups water to boil, add lentils and continue to boil for 30 to 45 minutes; until lentils are tender. Watch the lentils and add water if necessary.
• Wrap the potatoes in aluminum foil and bake them for 30 minutes in the preheated oven. When the potatoes have cooled cut them into small pieces and mix them with the lentils.
• In a frying pan saute onions with oil. Stir the onions into the potato-lentil mixture; season with salt and stir.
• Divide the dough into 6 - 8-inch circles. Lay the circles on a flat, floured surface. Place one cup of filling into the center of each circle. Fold the dough around the filling; seal the edges and arrange the pasties on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for one hour in the preheated oven.

VEGETARIAN SAVORY PUMPKIN PASTIES

Steps:

• In a skillet, heat the oil and brown the onion and garlic together until soft and translucent.
• In a mixing bowl, mix with the pumpkin and the browned onion together.
• Whisk in the egg and yogurt/sour cream to give it a nice creamy consistency.
• Whisk in the remaining ingredients.
• 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.
• Grease a cookie sheet with cooking spray and line the circles up on them, spacing them out evenly.
• Put about a rounded tablespoon-ful of pasty mixture into each circle.
• Brush the edges with egg white, fold the pastry with your fingers to form semi-circles, sealing them, and crimp the edges down with a fork.
• Brush the outsides of each sealed pasty with egg white.
• Bake for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown.
• 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.

PUMPKIN PASTIES

Steps:

• Place oven rack in center of oven and heat to 375.
• Thaw one sheet of frozen puff pastry dough for about 30 minutes, until flexible but still cold.
• Combine pumpkin, sugar and spices in a bowl.
• Set aside while preparing dough.
• Roll out dough until thin, about 1/16-inch, and cut into four large circles.
• Using your fingertips or a pastry brush, brush around edges of each circle with beaten egg.
• Spoon about 2-3 tablespoons of pumpkin mixture into centers of circles.
• Fold circles in half to cover mixture and seal the edges by crimping with a fork (dip fork in cold water each time to keep from sticking.) Brush tops of pasties with remaining beaten egg and sprinkle with a little granulated sugar.
• Place on ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 25-30 minutes in the center of oven until golden.
• May be eaten warm or cold.