Mexican delish meets buttery, flaky pastry? Whoah, baby, pump your brakes, pump your brakes! All y’all doin’ low carb can just nix the pastry and make the turkey filling– it can more than stand on it’s own– or would be divine tossed into a lettuce wrap.
You really don’t need the spice mixture if you’re not in the mood to do the extra step— the ground turkey sauteed with onion, adobo sauce and cream cheese has more than enough flavor, but the spices add that extra bit of fabulous.
Creamy Chipotle Turkey in Puff Pastry Cups
Ingredients
- 1.3 pound package of ground turkey
- 1/2 red onion diced
- 1 Tb butter
- 5 Tb adobo sauce (from a can of chipotle peppers found in the Mexican section of the grocery store)
- 1 package of full fat cream cheese (8oz)
- 1/4 cup of shredded cheddar or Mexican cheese
- 3-4 Tb of spice mix (recipe below)
- 2 Tb chipotle chili powder
- 1 Tb coriander
- 1 Tb cumin
- 1 Tb dried cilantro
- 1 tsp onion powder
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp kosher salt
- 1 package of Pepperidge Farm Puff Pastry shells
For the Turkey Filling
For the spice mix
For the pastry cups
Instructions
- Follow package directions.
- After baked for 18 minutes, pull out of oven and take top of puff pastry cup off. Put back in the oven for 1 minute to cook the inside of puff pastry cup.
- Mix together the spice mix (there will be more than you need for this meal)
- In a frying pan, saute the red onion in 1 Tb butter on medium heat until soft, about 5 minutes.
- Add ground turkey and saute until cooked through.
- Add 3-4 Tb of spice seasoning and stir to combine into the turkey meat. (You can add 1/4 cup of water and let simmer down for 5 minutes so the spice seasoning thoroughly covers the meat.)
- Add the 5 Tb of adobo sauce and the package of cream cheese.
- Stir for about 5 minutes on medium heat until cream cheese melts evenly.
- Stuff the turkey mixture into the pastry cups and sprinkle with shredded cheese.
- Pop into the oven for another minute to melt the cheese.
- Put the little top of the puff pastry on before serving.
- Garnish with cilantro and fresh salsa (optional)
For the Puff Pastry Cups
For the Turkey Filling
To assemble