Recipe by Nancy Joy Evans

Pairing with Navarro 2004 Sauvignon Blanc

This is a wonderful party Hors d' Oeuvre. Your guests will want to know "what is in these?" and those who turn their noses up at goat cheese have been known to ask for seconds. Offer a glass of Navarrro Sauvignon Blanc and the party is on.

Chevre and Shitake mushroom Turnovers
• 1 pound shiitake mushrooms, cleaned with a damp paper towel and sliced
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon cayenne
• 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 cup half and half
• 1 bunch green onion, thinly sliced
• 1/2 pound Jarlsberg cheese, grated
• 1/2 pound Chevre cheese-semi soft goat cheese, crumbled
• 2 cup fresh spinach, cleaned and chopped

Sautee mushrooms in butter. Season with sea salt and pepper to taste. Let cool. Whisk together eggs, salt, cayenne, nutmeg and half and half. Mix in mushrooms, green onion, spinach and cheeses. Set aside.

Pastry Dough
• 4 cups all purpose flour
• 3/4 pound good quality cream cheese (such as Gina Marie)
• 1 pound butter, chilled and cut into cubes
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Egg wash
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons water

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare in a food processor or mixer with a paddle attachment. Place flour, salt and butter in food processor and pulse to a coarse meal. Add cream cheese and turn machine to on, just until dough forms a ball. Alternately; in a mixer with a paddle attachment, place flour, salt, butter and cream cheese mix on low until dough comes together. Turn onto a floured board. Form dough into a ball and roll out dough to a quarter inch thickness. Using a glass, biscuit cutter or cookie cutter, cut dough into 4 inch rounds. Gather up scraps and form into a ball and roll to a half inch thickness. Cut remaining rounds.

To fill rounds, spoon 1 tablespoon of mushroom mixture on to each round. Fold over and seal edges by folding over and crimping or sealing with a fork. Be sure to keep spinach and mushroom mixture within to assure the edges seal. Whisk together egg and water to make egg wash. Brush egg wash on tops of turnovers and bake on a cookie sheet until golden brown. Bake at 350 degrees for approximately 20 minutes or until golden brown.