Turkey Bacon Strawberry and Maple Jam Puffed Pastry Boats

This is BOTH a savory and sweet appetizer or anytizer  that comes straight from my food laboratory. It is meaty—and chocked full of turkey pieces (or pork bacon if you prefer). This, according to my taste testers had a “unique” flavor with the sweetness of honey, maple syrup, and strawberry jam combined with the acidity of balsamic and apple vinegars and a squeeze of lemon. There is not much more to say on this recipe except that it definitely PASSED the test under the classification of ‘extraordinarily delicious.’ So go ahead and give it a try. Also, feel free to leave your questions, comments or suggestions below if or after trying this NEW recipe for yourself. 😉

Ingredients

• 1/2 pound Turkey Bacon or Pork if preferred
• 2-3 tablespoons Olive Oil
• 1/2 cup Red Onion, diced
• 2 large Garlic cloves, minced
• 3 tablespoons Organic Honey
• 3 tbsp Organic Maple Syrup
• 3 tablespoon Balsamic Vinegar
• 2 tablespoons Fish Sauce
• 1/4 cup Strawberry jam, organic
• 1/4 cup Apple Cider Vinegar, organic
• 1 teaspoon Sea Salt
• 1/2 teaspoon Black Pepper
• Juice from 1/2 Organic Lemon

Directions

1.  Add oil to saucepan, and fry turkey pieces until just lightly browned.
2. When cooled, cut bacon into small pieces. Reserve two tablespoons of oil, to saute the onions and garlic till slightly tender.
3. Add the honey, syrup, balsamic vinegar, fish sauce, apple cider vinegar, salt, pepper, and pre-cooked bacon to the pan.
4. Allow the mixture to cook on medium high heat for 5 minutes thicken—stirring regularly. Turn down heat and allow bacon mixture to simmer for an additional 3 minutes.
5.  Stir in juice from half a lemon to the turkey mixture, before topping it on either a store brought or home made puffed pastry dough.
6.  Bake in a preheated oven at 400 degrees for 20 minutes, setting the oven to broiler last 5 minutes until the pastry boats are golden brown. Note: Tent the filling with a tiny piece of foil if necessary to keep it from over browning.

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Turkey Maple Strawberry Jam Puffed Pastry Boats

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 20 minutes

Servings 12

Author LaVonne Sarati

Ingredients

• 1/2 pd Turkey Bacon or nitrite, nitrate AppleGate Bacon
• 2-3 tbsp Olive Oil extra virgin
• 1/2 cup Red Onion chopped
• 2 large Garlic Cloves minced
• 3 tbsp Honey organic
• 3 tbsp Maple Syrup organic
• 3 tbsp Balsamic Vinegar organic
• 2 tbsp Fish Sauce
• 1/2 cup Strawberry Jam organic
• 1 tbsp Sea Salt
• 1/2 tbsp Black Pepper
• 1/2 Lemon organic

Instructions

1. Add oil to saucepan, and fry turkey pieces until partially lightly browned.  

2. When cooled, cut bacon into pieces. Reserve two tablespoons of oil, to saute the onions and garlic till slightly tender.

3. Add the honey, syrup, balsamic vinegar, fish sauce, apple cider vinegar, salt, pepper, and precooked bacon to the pan. 

4. Allow the mixture to cook on medium high heat for 5 minutes thicken---stirring regularly. Turn down heat and allow bacon mixture to simmer for an additional 3 minutes.

5. Stir in juice from half a lemon to turkey mixture, before topping it on either a store brought or home made puffed pastry dough.

6. Bake in a preheated oven at 400 degrees for 20 minutes, setting the oven to the broiler last 5 minutes until the pastry boats are golden brown. Note: Tent the filling with a tiny piece of foil if necessary to keep it from over browning.

Easy Home-Made Puffed Pastry Dough

Though home-made flaky Puffed Pastry, can be quite daunting, not this simple recipe below. However, it is much more easier and less time consuming to simply buy store brought, ready made dough from the refrigerator section of  your grocer’s.