Imagine biting into a crispy exterior with soft, sweet and hot filling inside accompanied with vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce. Almost too good to be so simple!
I love baked apples and pears. There is something that makes them so delicious when they have been fried or baked and they makes great company to ice cream or any creamy thing at all. These apple turnovers are usually made with apples only, but I wanted to twist them a little and combined apple and pear which goes great together with a dash of cinnamon. Cinnamon is a lovely spice with a unique taste that goes perfectly with apples and almost anything if you ask me.
These apple & pear turovers are almost as delicious as the one you get in Mc Donalds and are served in 1 hour only if you are using freezed pastry dough. 15 minutes cooking, 20 minutes baking and ready to serve fresh from the oven!
Makes about 10 pastries
Ingredients
250 g puff pastry
1. Roll out and divide the pastry dough in 10 rectangular or triangle equal sized peices
Filling
1 apple
1 pear
1 tbsp butter
45 g sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tbsp lemon juice
1. Peel and core the fruits and cut them into small cubes
2. Melt the butter in a medium sized sauce pan
3. Add the diced apples, pears, sugar, cinnamon and lemon juice
4. Let cook over medium heat for about 15 minutes
5. Set aside and allow to cool for 10 minutes
6. Have a spoonful of filling on each pastry rectangular or triangle
2. Turn over the dough so that it covers the filling and seal the edges by pressing a fork all aorund
3. Have the pastries on a baking sheet and brush with beaten egg
Bake in a hot oven at 220C for about 20 minutes or until golden brown in color
