Sunday Brunch: Sausage and Feta Hand Pies

Name: Sunday Brunch: Sausage and Feta Hand Pies
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 large egg, lightly beaten; 1 head fennel, trimmed, cored, and thinly sliced; 2 Tbsps fennel seeds; 227 grams feta cheese, crumbled; 118 milliliters flat leaf parsley leaves, chopped; 2 sweet Italian sausages (2/3-1 pound total), casings removed; 12 servings Olive oil; 1 large onion, thinly sliced; 12 servings Pepper; 454 grams plum tomatoes, quartered lengthwise, seeded, and cut into 1/2-inch dice; 1 teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes (optional); 12 servings Salt

Watching your figure? This gluten free and primal recipe has 265 calories, 7g of protein, and 25g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 12. This recipe covers 10% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up egg, pepper, pepper flakes, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large skillet over medium heat.

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Put the sausage in the pan and break it up with a wooden spoon. Cook, stirring occasionally, until browned, about 5 minutes. Use a slotted spoon to remove the sausage to a plate lined with paper towel.

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Sausage

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Add 2 tablespoons olive oil to the skillet along with the onion and cook over medium heat for 2 minutes, stirring occasionally.

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Add the fennel and, if using, red pepper flakes; season with salt and pepper. Cook until the vegetables are tender, about 8 minutes.

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Add the tomatoes and cook, stirring, until they release their juices, 3 to 4 minutes. Turn off the heat, stir in the sausage, and let cool completely.

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Preheat the oven to 425 with racks in the upper and lower thirds. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.

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Stir the feta and parsley into the cooled sausage filling.

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Roll one piece of dough out into a 16 by 11 inch rectangle. I do this in between two pieces of parchment paper and dust the dough lightly with flour on both sides. Trim the large rectangle down to 15 by 10 inches and then cut this rectangle into six 5-inch squares. Sweep any excess flour away with a dry pastry brush. Make the other piece of dough into 6 squares, too.

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Put about 1/2 cup filling in the center of each square of dough. Fold all four corners around the filling so that the points meet in the center but do not touch; leave about 1/4 inch of space between the edges.

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Transfer the hand pies to the prepared baking sheets. (As an alternative, you can ease the squares of dough into standard-size muffin tins, fill with sausage-feta mixture, and fold the dough edges over the top.

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