Hen of the Woods Mushroom Pastry Turnovers

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Preparation info
  • Makes about

    Thirty

    (allow four per person)
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in

By Roger Phillips

Published 1986

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Ingredients

  • 450 g (1 lb) hen of the woods mushrooms
  • 2 tablespoons butter

Method

Wipe the mushrooms with a damp cloth and chop them finely. Heat the butter in a heavy pan, add the onions and bacon, and sauté until the onions are tender. Add the mushrooms, thyme, salt and pepper, and cook over low heat for 5 minutes until the mushrooms are soft. Blend in the flour and allow the mixture to thicken slightly, put to one side.

Roll out the pastry to 3 mm (1⁄8 in) thickne