Beef Tenderloin Turnovers

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 50 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 6 ounces boneless beef tenderloin or 6 ounces beef sirloin steaks, cut into 1/4 inch pieces
• 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/8-1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 tablespoon olive oil or 1 tablespoon cooking oil
• 1/4 cup finely chopped onion
• 2 garlic cloves, smashed
• 8 2/3 ounces frozen puff pastry, thawed (1 sheet)
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon water
• 3/4 cup monterey jack cheese (3 ounces) or 3/4 cup your favourite cheese, shredded (3 ounces)

Recipe

• 1 in a medium bowl, combine beef, chili powder, cumin, salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper; toss to coat meat with spices, cover and let stand at room temperature for 15 minutes.
• 2 for filling, in a large fry pan, heat oil over medium heat.
• 3 cook and stir onion and garlic in hot oil for 2 minutes.
• 4 add beef; cook and stir for 2 minutes more (beef may be slightly pink).
• 5 drain meat mixture in a colander; cool slightly.
• 6 preheat oven to 375°f.
• 7 line a baking sheet with foil; grease the foil. set aside.
• 8 unfold puff pastry sheet and place on a lightly floured surface, roll into a 12 x 12 inch square.
• 9 cut into sixteen 3 inch squares.
• 10 in a small bowl, beat together the egg and the water.
• 11 brush edges of squares with some of the egg mixture.
• 12 place 1 tablespoon of the beef filling in the centre of each square.
• 13 sprinkle some of the cheese over the beef mixture on each square.
• 14 fold pastry over filling, stretching pastry slightly if necessary, to form triangles.
• 15 press edges together tightly to seal.
• 16 place triangles on prepared baking sheet.
• 17 brush tops with remaining egg mixture.
• 18 prick tops with a fork.
• 19 bake about 20 minutes or until golden.
• 20 serve warm.
• 21 make ahead: prepare turnovers as directed, do not bake.
• 22 cover and refrigerate up to 4 hours.
• 23 bake as directed, or to freeze, prepare and bake triangles as directed and cool on a wire rack.
• 24 place turnovers in a freezer container.
• 25 seal, label and freeze.
• 26 to reheat, preheat oven to 375°f, place frozen triangles on a baking sheet lined with foil, bake about 10 minutes or until heated through, serve warm.