It was getting a bit late this evening when
my husband and I decided that we were starting to feel some hunger pangs. To cut down on cooking time, I wanted to make
a vintage recipe that we both could eat.
He is an incredibly picky eater, though, and refuses to eat most
vegetables or any form of beans. Then it
came to me – bacon turnovers.
There was quite a few recipes for bacon
turnovers floating around in the 1940s because thy really stretched bacon
rations. The recipe I prepared extended
bacon rations for one person for one week into four good size servings because
it combined diced potatoes and cooked onions.
The end result was a very tasty and filling meal that any meat-eater
would love. I served my husband’s
turnover with a bit of Bisto gravy and he raved about how good it was. This is definitely a recipe I will be making
again!
Bacon
Turnovers
Serves 4
Ingredients
Pastry:
- 12-oz Plain flour
- 3 tsp baking powder
- Pinch of salt
- 3-oz cooking fat, drippings or combination (I used 1-oz bacon drippings & 2-oz Crisco)
- ½ cup water + 1/8 cup water
Filling:
- 4-oz fat bacon rashers
- 1 small onion - chopped
- 8-oz cooked potatoes – skin on, diced
- 1 – 2 tbsp chopped parsley (I used 1 tbsp dried parsley)
- Season to taste
Directions:
1.
Preheat oven
to 425°F.
2.
Sift the flour
and salt then rub in the cooking fat.
3.
Bind with
water. (If it is too dry, add a bit more
water. If it is too wet, add a bit more
flour.)
4.
Divide into 4
equal balls of dough.
5.
Roll dough out
into rounds.
6.
Cook bacon,
drain and chop into small pieces.
7.
Dice onion
then cook in the remaining bacon drippings until golden.
8.
Dice and cook
potatoes. (I cheated & used the microwave
for this.)
9.
Mix together
bacon, onions, potatoes, parsley and seasoning.
10.
Place ¼ of
bacon mixture in the middle of each dough round. Wet edges of dough then press together, fold
over and pinch edges in decorative fashion.
11.
Place a small
cut in the top of each turnover.
12.
Bake in the
middle of the hot oven until golden and crisp.
13.
Serve hot or
cold!
What foods do your picky eaters avoid?
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