[cooking] Mini Turkey Pot Pies

I had a bag of leftover turkey meat in the freezer that I recently thawed to use for turkey noodle soup and turkey pot pies.

I made up some all-butter pastry dough and let it chill in the fridge while I worked on the filling. I boiled some diced potatoes and carrots in stock with minced garlic. Once they were al dente, I added diced turkey, onion and peas just to warm it all up. Salt and pepper. I thickened the stock with cornstarch.

I rolled out the pastry and cut large circles to line my hamburger bun pan.

I spooned in filling, covered with more dough circles and tried to crimp the edges as best I could to seal the pies. Then I used my turkey cookie cutter to cut out decorative pieces from the dough scraps. I brushed with milk and baked at 375 for about 45 min.

If I were to do this again, I'd make the pot pie filling and let it chill in the fridge for hours or overnight before assembling the pies. My filling was still rather hot when I made these and it caused the dough to be difficult to work with.

Individual pies are so cute and special. I don't really like one big pot pie because the filling runs out of the entire thing when you cut the first slice. But these little things were such a pain in the ass to make. Maybe if I did them over a couple days, it wouldn't have been so bad. Next time...