My Mother’s Chicken Turnovers

Name: My Mother’s Chicken Turnovers
Yield: Yield: 8 Servings.
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons butter or chicken fat; ½ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce; Freshly ground pepper to taste; Salt to taste, if desired; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 2 cups sifted cake flour; 1½ cups cubed cooked chicken; ⅛ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg; 2 lightly beaten egg yolks; 1 teaspoon salt; ½ cup heavy cream; ½ cup milk, approximately; 2 tablespoons butter; 1 cup milk; 2 tablespoons (all-purpose) flour; Corn oil for deep-frying

Preparation info

Yield:
8
Servings.

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Craig Claiborne's Southern Cooking

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1987

About

Ingredients

The Filling

2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons (all-purpose) flour
1

Americas
United States
Dinner

Method

To prepare the filling, melt the butter in a saucepan and add the all-purpose flour, stirring with a wire whisk. Add the milk and cream, stirring rapidly with the whisk.
Pour a little of the hot sauce over the yolks, stirring rapidly with a fork. Scrape this mixture int