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Apple Turnovers with Dried Cherries

Ina Garten
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Ingredients
  

  • 1 teaspoon grated orange zest
  • 3 tablespoons freshly squeezed orange juice
  • 3-4 apples such as Granny Smith, Empire, Ginger Gold, Zestar, Pippin. Basically, any apple good for cooking is fine. I used a combo of Ginger Gold and Zestar because that's what was available at the farm stand.
  • 3 tablespoons dried cherries if you don't have cherries, cranberries are a decent substitute
  • 3 tablespoons sugar plus some more to sprinkle on top
  • 1 tablespoon flour
  • 1/3 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg fresh is preferred
  • Pinch kosher salt
  • 1 package of frozen puff pastry defrosted according to package directions
  • 1 small egg beaten with 1 tablespoon water for egg wash

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees F
  • Combine orange zest and juice in a bowl, then peel your apples and cut them into small 3/4 inch diced pieces. Toss them immediately in the orange juice mixture.
  • Add the cherries, sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt and gently mix.
  • Flour a board lightly and roll out each sheet of puff pastry to around a 12" square. Cut each sheet into 4 smaller squares. At this point you may want to put the squares in the refrigerator for a few minutes to chill them a bit. Bring out four squares only (you don't want the rest to get soft while you're working) and brush each edge with the egg wash and place about 1/3 cup of the apple mixture on the square. Fold the pastry diagonally over and seal with a fork or your fingers. I used my fingers but a fork would look nicer and probably create a better seal.
  • Using a spatula, transfer the turnovers to a sheet pan lined with parchment. Place the sheet pan in the refrigerator while you work on the remaining four sheets.
  • When they're all ready, brush each with the egg wash and sprinkle with sugar, make some perforations with a fork or a couple of slits with a sharp knife and bake for 15-20 minutes, depending on your oven. (I ended up baking for about 18 minutes).
  • Serve warm (Yum!) or at room temperature.