If anyone knew about frugal
cooking and eliminating food waste it was the wartime housewives of the UK. With
merchant shipping being bombarded, little imported food was getting through.
I
have been reading all about wartime recipes and this one for Vegetable
Turnovers caught my eye. Warning: each turnover is HUGE. The recipe is for four
turnovers for four people but I reckon it would serve six to eight quite
easily, especially with the addition of a substantial salad. Here's the recipe:
Make pastry with 12oz of plain
(all purpose) flour with 3tsps of baking powder and a large pinch of salt. Rub
in 3oz of margarine or dripping. Mix to a dough with water. For the filling
use 10 oz scrubbed diced potatoes with skins on, 4 diced medium carrots,
1 large chopped and sauted onion or leek, herbs, salt and pepper.
Cook the carrots and potatoes
until medium soft and then mix gently together in bowl with a little margarine,
salt, pepper and herbs. Mix in the onions or leeks
Divide the pastry into 4
and roll out each one into a round. Put the mixture into the centre of each
round. Wet the edges of pastry with water. Pull over one side to the other and
press down edges to form a pasty. Prick the top.
Brush with a little milk and
bake in a hot oven (220C, 420F) until brown - about 20 to 25 minutes.
Verdict: It was actually not too bad at all. You may want a
dollop of brown or tomato sauce with it. I had some leftover gravy from Sunday
lunch which really perked it up.
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