What began as a completely experimental and impromptu breakfast idea turned into a fab appetizer with these kale and mushroom mini pies. I'll try not to dislocate a shoulder patting myself on the back, but I never ever just break out the pots and pans and start cooking without any direction. Today I did -- recipes be damned -- and I'm in love with the results!
Ingredients:
- 1 bunch Red Kale
- 2c Mushrooms
- 1/2 Yellow Onion
- 3/4 Chicken or vegetable broth
- Gruyere or any other cheese you like
- 1 box pie crust (2 pieces of dough)
- Egg (to brush on the crust)
- Salt, pepper
Everything here is approximate since I was flying by the seat of my pants. I chopped about 1/2 of a yellow onion and sauteed it in olive oil for several minutes, until it started to turn clear. Roughly chop one bunch of red kale (my "bunch" was pretty small) and throw it in with the onions. Chop about 2 cups of mushrooms while the kale is cooking down and throw them in too. I sauteed all of this for several minutes, adding salt and pepper to taste, then added about 3/4 cup of broth. Allow this to come to a boil, turn down to low, cover pan and let it all simmer for about 10 minutes.
While your veggie mixture is simmering, roll out your dough. I used boxed dough, because I'm a slacker like that. It comes with two pieces per box. I rolled it out thin and used a cookie cutter to cut out about 20 pieces, then put the scraps together and kept cutting more until it was gone. You could do circles, squares (and fold them into triangles once filled) or any other shape you'd like. I did stars because I was feeling like a star. Ha.
Heap the veggie mix onto each piece of dough. {Tip: If all of your broth hasn't cooked off, you can add a bit of flour - just sprinkle in a little bit at a time and mix, until it forms sort of a gravy.} Top with a piece of cheese, then another piece of dough. Smash the edges of the dough together to seal. Brush the top with beaten egg.
Cook at 350 until golden brown. I cooked mine on a baking stone and it worked out great.
These came out too small to be breakfast foods, in my opinion, but they'd be great for tea, with other tiny foods, or as an appetizer. However you eat them, they were delish!
This post is linked to: Midnight Maniac Meatless Mondays | Just Another Meatless Monday | Motivate Me Monday |
1 comments:
I found you through the meatless monday meme and I have to say that these look great! We get a lot of kale in the veggie back during winter so I will be pinning this recipe for later use!
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