Savory Rainbow Breakfast Pastry with Salsa

Team: The Frying Flying Turtles

Host School: Vermont Commons School

Age Group: Middle School

Ingredients

Pastry Crust Ingredients     

            3 cups all purpose local flour*

            1/2 tsp salt

            2 tbsp yellow curry powder

            2 sticks cold unsalted local butter*

            3/4 cup cold local water* :)

            1 tbsp white vinegar

            1 large local egg*

            1 large local egg separated, retaining both yolk and whites

Filling Ingredients

            3 tbsp vegetable oil

            2 cloves local garlic minced*

            1 med. local onion chopped*

            6 orange, red, and yellow mini peppers, sliced thinly

            3 med local carrots*, peeled and grated

            2 local beets*, peeled and grated

            3 small local boiling potatoes* boiled until al dente and thinly sliced

            3/4 can black beans, drained and rinsed

            2 handfuls baby spinach

            1 cup grated local cheddar cheese*

            2 large local eggs* plus egg yolk from pastry, whisked

            Salt, pepper, red pepper flakes to taste

            Cilantro sprigs

Salsa  Ingredients

            6 med. tomatoes coarsely chopped with juice         

            3 avocados, coarsely chopped           

            6 scallions, pale parts chopped          

            2 tbsp garlic, minced 

            2 tbsp cilantro, chopped        

            juice from one lime   

            Salt and pepper          

            red pepper flakes

*denotes local ingredients           

 

Preparation Instructions

Pastry Crust Directions

  • Stir together flour, salt and curry powder
  • Cut in cold butter until mixture is coarse
  • Whisk together water, vinegar and egg
  • Slowly add water mixture to flour mixture while stirring until dough ball forms
  • Divide dough into two equal sized balls
  • Wrap dough in plastic bag and place in ice bath while making filling
  • Flour surface and roll dough out to 1/8 of an inch

Filling Directions

  • saute onions in 2 tbsp oil for 4 mins
  • add peppers and carrots and continue sautéing for 3 mins.
  • at same time, in small fry pan, heat 1 tbsp oil, sauté grated beets with salt and pepper, 4 mins. 
  • add garlic, salt, pepper and red pepper flakes to pepper mixture and sauté for 1 more minute
  • Layer ingredients on rolled out dough in following order (leaving 1/2 inch along edges to join pastry):   
    • Spinach
    • potatoes
    • pepper mixture
    • beets
    • beans
    • cheese
    • whisked eggs (make holes in filling and pour in egg mixture)
  • dampen edges of pastry with egg white mixture
  • Place second rolled dough on top and pinch edges together           
  • brush with egg white mixture and bake for 30 minutes       

Slice into wedges and enjoy! 

Salsa Directions

  • Toss all together lightly