Chicken Broccoli Hot Pockets

I took the recipe from here.

I took this from my friend's food blog. It looked to good not to try. I made the puff pastry myself, below. Not a "healthy" dish (LOTS of butter in my pastries), but definitely tasty.

Ingredients:

• 1 sheet puff pastry, thawed
• 3/4 c broccoli or broccoli florets, cut into small pieces
• 1/2 T butter
• 1 T all-purpose flour
• 3/4 c half and half
• 1 c cheddar cheese, grated
• big pinch of ground mustard
• dash ground thyme
• salt and pepper
• 1/2 c cooked chicken, chopped
• 1 well beaten egg

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400 ℉.
2. Blanch the broccoli in boiling water for 1 minute. Drain and set aside.
3. In a small saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Stir in the flour. Cook the flour while stirring for 1 minute. Slowly whisk in the half and half. Cook while stirring until thick and bubbly. Turn the heat to low and whisk in the cheese. Once the cheese is melted in, stir in the mustard and thyme. Season with salt and pepper. Stir the broccoli and chicken into the sauce.
4. Using a rolling pin, roll the puff pastry dough out to make it into a little bigger rectangle. Cut into 4 rectangles. Put 1/4 of the sauce into the middle of each rectangle. Fold over to make a triangle and press the edges together to seal (you may need to stretch the dough a little). Place on a prepared baking sheet. Brush each turnover with beaten egg.
   
5. Bake for 15 minutes. Turn the heat down to 350 ℉ and bake another 10 - 15 minutes until golden brown. Let cool a few minutes before serving as the filling will be really hot.

Serves: 4

Next time I might try adding some new spices/flavorings for fun. My husband suggested jalapeno! We'll see about that...