![]() ![]() If you’ve been here for more than a minute you know how much I love pastry. You might also like our old fashioned cherry turnovers (authentic puff pastry), our quick peach turnovers or our lemon curd hand pie recipe (made with my favorite pie crust!). Use canned apple pie filling or make your own! Makes 8 apple turnovers. ![]() If you can, eat them while they’re still warm (not hot).Homemade puff pastry dough in an hour? It can be done! These quick apple turnovers with homemade puff pastry are flaky and delicious. Sprinkle some extra sugar on top and back for about 20 to 25 minutes, until the turnovers are a deep golden brown.ĥ. WHISK the egg yolk with a few splashes of water, and brush each turnover with the egg wash. Fold the dough over into the shape of a triangle and use a fork to press the edges together to seal the apples in.ĥ. CUT the puff pastry into 4-inch squares, and spoon a tablespoon of the apple mixture into the center of each square. TURN the heat down,and add the brown sugar, thyme and apples, cooking over a low heat until the apples soften-about 10 minutes.Ĥ. You can make mini turnovers as cocktail bites (savory) or dessert bites (photo courtesy Peapod).ģ. Here’s the recipe for these apple, sweet potato and bacon turnovers from Savory Simple. You can make savory turnovers for a first course or light lunch, from ham and cheese or chicken to your favorite vegetables. ![]() Here’s the recipe from Country Living Magazine. In just 40 minutes, these turnovers will emerge from your oven (recipe below, photo courtesy Good Eggs). After about 10 to 12 minutes, the butter should separate into golden brown solids and a clear yellow oil (which is clarified butter). The butter will foam a bit in the process. Cook over medium-high heat until the milk solids turn golden brown. For serving: caramel sauce, chopped nuts, crème fraîche, ice cream, whipped creamĢ.1 pound apples, peeled, cored and cut into thin wedges.1 package puff pastry or pie dough, thawed.You can use it for pastries (including spanakopita), pot pies, quiches and more. You can substitute any fruit, fresh or frozen, for the apples.Īnother tip: Keep puff pastry on hand in the freezer. Rorer’s New Cook Book features a recipe for Apple Turnovers, and the term sticks. The rule of thumb in centuries past is that when a printed record is first found, the recipe could be generations older.Īdd to that a challenge: Turnovers were often called apple pies, apple being the most popular and widely available fruit filling.īy the end of the century, turnovers were being wrapped in puff pastry, and were called puffs in the U.S.īy 1874, Cassell’s Dictonary of Cookery, published in London, calls them fruit pasties or turnovers. We don’t have a date for the first turnovers, but a printed recipe for “Apple Pasties to Fry” appears in England in 1753.In England, printed recipes start to appear around 1750.īut given the paucity of printed cookbooks (and the literacy level of the general public), they may have been popular for centuries. In ancient Greece, baking first became a profession. While the Egyptians were the first great bread bakers, the Greeks upped the game to cakes and sweet doughs. The concept of fruit-filled pastry and portable pies is thousands of years old. They are usually baked, but may be fried. Savory turnovers generally contain meat and/or vegetables and can be made with any sort of dough, though a kneaded yeast dough seems to be the most common in Western cuisines.Pastry choices range from classic European puff paste to Mediterranean phyllo/filo to American short crust. Sweet turnovers commonly have a fruit filling, but custard or sweetened cheese can be used.Think globally, from calzones to dosas to empanadas to spanakopita. Savory varieties are often used as a portable meal, as Americans grab a sandwich. They can be cut with cookie cutters into circles and hearts for special occasions, although since no crust is “turned over,” they’re an exception to the rule. While triangle shapes are most often made, turnovers can be folded into half moons, rectangles or squares. Turnovers can be sweet or savory and are often a grab-and-go portable meal, similar to a sandwich, an empanada or a pastie. Why not turn your favorite pie-blueberry, rhubarb, whatever-into individual turnovers?Ī turnover is a portable pie, made by placing a filling on a piece of dough, folding the dough over, and sealing it. We always add peach turnovers to our assortment of apple and cherry. In fact, you can use any fruit, fresh or frozen. Or, you can bake a batch or two of homemade turnovers with the recipe below from Good Eggs. You can head to the nearest grocer’s freezer case and pick up some trusty Pepperidge Farm turnovers. There are two turnover holidays in the U.S.: National Apple Turnover Day on July 5th and National Cherry Turnover Day on August 28th.
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