Apple Turnovers

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 teaspoon grated orange zest
• 3 tablespoons freshly squeezed orange juice
• 1 1/4 lbs tart apples, such as empire (3 apples) or 1 1/4 lbs granny smith apples (3 apples)
• 3 tablespoons dried cherries
• 3 tablespoons sugar, plus
• extra sugar, to sprinkle on top
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 pinch kosher salt
• 2 sheets frozen puff pastry, defrosted
• 1 egg, beaten with
• 1 tablespoon water, for egg wash

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 400 degrees f.
• 2 combine the orange zest and orange juice in a bowl.
• 3 peel, quarter, and core the apples and then cut them in 3/4-inch dice.
• 4 immediately toss the apples with the zest and juice to prevent them from turning brown.
• 5 add the cherries, sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt.
• 6 flour a board and lightly roll each sheet of puff pastry to a 12 by 12-inch square. cut each sheet into 4 smaller squares and keep chilled until ready to use.
• 7 brush the edges of each square with the egg wash and neatly place about 1/3 cup of the apple mixture on half of the square.
• 8 fold the pastry diagonally over the apple mixture and seal by pressing the edges with a fork.
• 9 transfer to a sheet pan lined with parchment paper.
• 10 brush the top with egg wash, sprinkle with sugar, make 2 small slits, and bake for 20 minutes, until browned and puffed.
• 11 serve warm or at room temperature.