Feta and Olive Turnovers

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I don’t always feel like having a big meal. In fact, some days I can live on dinner alone, I just don’t feel hungry, I’m weird like that. So on those days when I don’t feel like having a big meal, I make sure I do make something but smaller. Something I can have with a piece of vegetable and call it food, something I can put in the fridge and eat later or the next day. Normally I’d say that a turnover kind of food is the ideal food because I can stuff it with anything and have it for lunch, dinner or a snack but I didn’t have any puff pastry handy, so close yet so far. I decided to try and make something anyway. I mean, what can go wrong if I combine my favorite food ingredients, what’s the worst case scenario? Nothing 🙂 so I gave it a shot and ended up with pretty good turnovers; and although they were not made of puff pastry, they were just as good.

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Feta and Olive Turnovers
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Recipe type: Entree, Appetiser
Serves: 16-20 pieces
 
Turnovers that are crisp, salty and flavorful. Made with no puff pastry for once.You can change the filling and play with its ingredients. A keeper for sure.
Ingredients
For the Dough:
  • 2½ Cups All Purpose Flour
  • 1 tbsp Dry Yeast
  • ½ Cup Vegetable Oil
  • 2 tbsp White Sugar
  • ½ Cup warm Water
For the Filling:
  • ½ Cup Olives – Pitted and halved
  • 1½ Cup crumbled Feta Cheese
  • ¾ Cup Whipping Cream (Heavy Cream)
  • ¾ Cup Grated Cheese
  • ½ tsp Dry Oregano
For the Topping:
  • 1 Egg – beaten
  • Sesame Seeds
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350F (180C)
  2. Mix the dough ingredients all together until they form a nice flexible dough. Set aside in a warm place and cover. Let the dough rest for about 30 minutes (it will not rise so don’t worry).
  3. In a separate bowl, mix all filling ingredients.
  4. After 30 minutes, flatten the dough using a dough roller into a square sized about 14 ½ Inch X 14 ½ Inch (36cm X 36cm).
  5. Cut the dough into squares in the desired size. Normally toy will have 16-20 squares.
  6. Place 1 tsp of filling on the center of each square and fold in two into a triangle.
  7. Tighten the edges with your fingers to avoid the spilling and leaking of the filling while baking.
  8. Place the ready triangles on a baking pan lined with parchment paper.
  9. Brush each turnover with egg and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
  10. Place in the preheated oven for 35 minutes until light brown.

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3 Comments

    • Hey there!
      It’s actually Zaatar. It went really well together. You can also sprinkle with black sesame, poppy seeds and oregano. Tried them all and it worked out great!
      Enjoy 🙂

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