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Apple Turnovers – with cream crammed choice

August 11, 2023

Apple Turnovers – handheld puff pastry pies baked with a cinnamon apple filling. Simple to make, the one query is: to fill with cream or not? There’s a case for each!!

Apple Turnovers

When you’ve got golden flaky puff pastry and it’s filled with heat cinnamon apple cubes in a syrupy caramel sauce, you possibly can’t actually go incorrect whichever path you go down for serving. However – choices are factor – as a result of wouldn’t life be boring if all of us favored the identical factor? 🙂

So, at present, you’ve gotten a alternative of Apple Turnovers two methods – basic plain or cream crammed!

Cream filled Apple turnovers — Cream crammed apple turnovers

Dunking Apple turnovers in cream — Cream crammed apple turnovers

Basic, plain – Served heat, recent out the oven. Dusted with a bit ice sugar to make it fairly with cream for dunking. The latter shouldn’t be one thing you see in abnormal apple turnover recipes. In my world, I say it’s strongly, strongly really useful! Serving with out is form of like consuming Apple Crumble with out ice cream. You get it. 😇
Cream crammed! Ah, the basic Aussie Apple Turnover. Now, right here’s the factor! It’s chilly – you possibly can’t serve it heat else the cream melts. So that you do lose out a bit on flavour – as a result of heat filling tastes tastes higher than chilly. However, you possibly can’t beat the sentiment and whole impracticality of biting into an enormous cream crammed apple turnover! Yeah, it’s messy. And we like it.

(Be aware: although, I do have a tip on methods to cease the cream from squirting out fully… learn on!).

Elements in apple turnovers

Right here’s what you’ll want to make apple turnovers.

Apple turnover cinnamon filling

Apples – Granny Smith apples are my favorite apple choice. Good stability of tartness with candy, and so they maintain their form. Most crimson apple varieties will break down extra so you find yourself with a compote inside (which makes base soggy), and are sweeter. Additionally, not really useful to make this with out pre-cooking apples, see publish for more information.
Cornflour / cornstarch – This thickens the apple juices to make a syrup so it doesn’t soak the bottom of the puff pastry. No person likes a turnover with a soggy base!
Sugar – I exploit white sugar as a result of I wish to maintain the syrup clearer. However brown sugar additionally works nice, and makes a barely extra caramely tasting syrup.
Cinnamon – For flavour! Cinnamon plus apple is like basil and tomato, bread and butter, cheese and crackers. 🙂
Vanilla – Additionally for flavour.
Pinch of salt – This simply brings out the flavours of all the things else. It doesn’t make it salty in any respect. Commonplace follow in candy baking. 🙂

Puff pastry

Butter puff pastry is tastier than oil primarily based puff pastry. It’s a bit dearer as a result of butter is dearer than oil, however it actually is tastier.

Measurement – Right here in Australia, the commonest means puff pastry is offered is in 20cm/8″ sq. sheets, frozen. There are some extra premium manufacturers offered in bigger sheets that I exploit for particular dishes like Beef Wellington. However for on a regular basis functions, I exploit the sq. ones that are useful for apple turnover as a result of every sheet makes 4 properly sized turnovers. 🙂
Egg – That is for sealing the turnovers and brushing the floor so it comes out of the oven pretty and golden.

Cream

I’ve issues to say concerning the cream choices for Apple Turnovers. Learn on!

How to make whipped cream ahead - Stabilised Whipped Cream — Comfortable whipped cream for dunking turnovers

For the cream – you’ll want both:

Comfortable whipped cream for dunking the plain turnovers (as talked about above, elective however strongly, strongly really useful!). You need to use smooth whipped cream so it’s dunkable; or
Stabilised whipped cream OR stiff whipped cream for the cream crammed turnovers. You understand how gentle and ethereal common whipped cream is? Effectively, for those who use that in apple turnovers, the cream will actually simply squirt out fully with the primary chunk.

So I like to recommend utilizing stabilised whipped cream as a result of it tastes like common whipped cream however it’s stabilised so it doesn’t squirt out all over the place with the primary chunk. Plus the cream crammed turnovers will final within the fridge for twenty-four – 36 hours with out the cream melting and deflating. It’s very easy to make – simply cream and mascarpone whipped collectively. Get the recipe right here!

Nevertheless, abnormal whipped cream tastes completely nice too. Simply beat it so it’s stiff and pip-able. It is going to squirt out with the primary chunk. However that’s okay! Simply mop it up!

How one can make apple turnovers

Some recipes will skip cooking the apple filling on the range. Tempting, I do know. However it does make the bottom extra soggy as a result of the apple leeches extra juices. Additionally, the apple items prepare dinner inconsistently. It truly is price cooking the filling first!

Apple turnover filling

Cornflour / cornstarch – Put the apples in a big saucepan and toss with the cornflour / cornstarch. Tip: massive saucepan is best as a result of the apple juices evaporate sooner so that you get a thicker caramel coating on the apples. Small saucepan = extra watery sauce.
Combine – Add the sugar, cinnamon and vanilla then combine to coat.
Cook dinner for five minutes on medium (or medium excessive on weaker stoves) till the apples are softened however nonetheless holding their form. The sauce ought to thicken right into a syrup.
Cool – Unfold the filling onto a plate and let it cool fully. Don’t use a bowl, it makes the apples sweat extra and thins the sauce.

Making the apple turnovers

TIP: Use puff pastry when it’s barely thawed. A lot simpler to deal with! Overly smooth puff pastry will get floppy and sticky, and is a complete ache to deal with. In case your puff pastry softens an excessive amount of, simply stick it again within the freezer for a bit.

Minimize the hardly thawed puff pastry into 4 equal items (10cm / 4″ squares).
Egg – Brush two sides of the pastry with the whisked egg.
Filling – Place 2 tablespoons of filling on the egg brushed aspect. Keep away from the apple sauce, it would make the bottom too soggy and if it leaks onto the sting the place you brushed the egg, it would forestall it from sealing correctly.
Fold the puff pastry over to cowl the filling.

5. Seal the sides utilizing a fork dipped in flour (prevents it from sticking to the puff pastry). By urgent down firmly and crimping the sting, it seals it effectively.
6. Refrigerate – As you full every turnover, place them on a chopping board lined with paper. Then refrigerate for 20 minutes – this makes the turnovers puff up higher. (PS Don’t chill the turnovers on a baking tray, it would compromise how effectively the bottom cooks as a result of the chilly tray takes time to warmth up).
7. Egg wash and prick – Slide the sheet of paper with the turnovers on them onto a big baking tray. Brush with whisked egg (makes them good and golden), then prick the floor 3 instances with a small knife. Steam escape holes – reduces danger of the filling leaking out of the seams.
8. Bake for 25 minutes at 200°C/400°F (180°C fan-forced), or till the turnovers are golden. And so they’re finished! So now, consuming choices: plain, or cream crammed!

How one can serve plain apple turnovers (the simple choice for impatient folks 🙋🏻‍♀️)

If you’re not making cream crammed apple turnovers, they are surely finest served heat. I personally wish to mud with icing sugar / powdered sugar to make them look fairly. And I actually wish to serve with cream for dunking! Heat apple turnovers with evenly sweetened whipped cream is a match made in heaven.

Making cream crammed apple turnovers

To make cream crammed apple turnovers, as soon as the turnovers are cool sufficient to deal with, use a small knife to chop the seams. Open it up and put aside till the within is totally cool – else the cream will soften.

When able to assemble, whip the stabilised cream (learn above for why I like to recommend that) or make common whipped cream however beat till stiff so it’s pip-able. Then pipe it inside!

So, there you go! I didn’t anticipate to put in writing a lot concerning the humble apple turnover. I truly determined to publish this recipe at present pondering it’s a pleasant simple one.

Then after all, I am going an make issues extra difficult by providing the recipe two other ways. Which sounds easy sufficient, then I get to the tip of the publish and am fairly alarmed at how a lot I’ve written.

However – it’s a extremely easy recipe, I swear! 😂 Hope you give it a go. Let me know what you assume for those who do – and whether or not you dunk or fill with cream. – Nagi x

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Apple Turnovers – with cream crammed choice

Apple Turnovers