Sweet, spiced pear filling is rolled into empanada dough and topped with coarse sugar to finish. Find this dessert empanada recipe at Chatelaine.com

Pear and currant dessert empanadas

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2. Preheat oven to 375 F.  Line a large baking sheet with parchment.
3. Roll 1 disc empanada dough to 1/16-in. thick. Use a 5-in. cutter to cut out circles. Repeat with remaining disc. Gather and re-roll scraps.
4. Place 1 heaping tbsp of filling on each round. Brush edges with egg and fold dough over the filling, forming a half-circle. Press to seal. Crimp edges. Arrange empanadas on their sides on prepared baking sheet. Brush with remaining egg. Sprinkle with coarse sugar.
5. Bake until golden brown, 30 to 35 min. Serve warm or cool with ice cream or crème anglaise, or freeze for up to 2 weeks. Reheat in a 350F oven for 15 min.
Per empanada 184 calories, 3 g protein, 19 g carbs, 11 g fat, 
2 g fibre, 66 mg sodium.
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Another empanada flavour variation! Spicy sausage and soft potatoes are the key to making these beautifully simple turnovers.

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Turkey And Mushroom Strudels

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This weeknight dinner is a deceptively simple dish that looks amazing. (For nights when you're low on time, but still crave something different for dinner.)

Polenta with mushrooms and fried egg

a:1:{i:0;s:743:"1. Melt butter in a large frying pan over medium. Add fennel and cook until tender, about 10 min. Stir in mushrooms until warm, 1 min. Stir in lemon juice. Transfer to a plate. 
2. Boil 2 cups milk, water and salt in a saucepan. Reduce heat to low. Whisk in cornmeal and simmer until thickened, 2 to 3 min. Remove from heat and let stand for 
2 min. Whisk in remaining 
1/2 cup milk and parmesan.
3. Return frying pan to burner over medium. Add oil. Crack eggs into pan. Cook, covered, until whites are set but yolks are still runny, 2 to 3 min. 
4. Divide polenta among 4 plates. Top with mushroom mixture, then egg. Sprinkle with fennel fronds.
Per serving  364 calories, 19 g protein, 38 g carbs, 15 g fat, 4 g fibre, 626 mg sodium.
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