Apple turnovers
- Prepare
- less than 30 mins
- Cook
- 30 mins to 1 hour
- Serve
- Makes 6
These simple apple turnovers are spiced with cinnamon and ginger and are delicious served with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream. This is a great way to use up apples during autumn, the peak of the British season.
Ingredients
- apples: 2 apples, peeled, cored and cut into 3cm/1¼in chunks
- brown sugar: 50g/1¾oz soft light brown sugar
- cinnamon: 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- ground ginger: 1 tsp ground ginger
- butter: 2 tbsp unsalted butter
- lemon: 1 lemon, juice only
- cornflour: 1 tbsp cornflour
- puff pastry: 320g sheet ready-made puff pastry
- plain flour: plain flour, for dusting
- egg: 1 free-range egg, beaten
- demerara sugar: 2 tbsp demerara sugar
Method
Preheat the oven to 220C/200C Fan/Gas 7 and line a baking tray with baking paper.
Place the apples, light brown sugar, cinnamon, ginger, butter and lemon juice in a saucepan and cook for 10 minutes until softened slightly. Transfer to a bowl and leave to cool. Once cool, stir in the cornflour.
Roll the pastry out on a lightly floured work surface and use a sharp knife to cut into six equal squares. Fill each square with 2 tablespoons of the apple filling, leaving a 1cm/½in border around the outside.
Brush the border with the beaten egg and fold the squares diagonally in half to create a triangle shape. Press down the edges to seal the filling and crimp with a fork all around.
Brush the triangles with the remaining beaten egg and sprinkle the demerara sugar over the top.
Place on the baking tray, spacing evenly apart. Make a small incision with a knife in the top of each turnover to allow steam to escape. Bake for 20–25 minutes until golden brown.
Eat warm or leave to cool completely on the tray before eating.
