#3: The almonds are optionalĪnother optional component of these cherry turnovers is the almond flavoring and topping. But, that little bit of cream cheese gives these cherry turnovers a creamy consistency that I find irresistible. But, just to gild the lily, I've added a dollop of sweetened cream cheese. The cherry filling alone makes for a delicious cherry turnover. #2: Choose to make plain cherry or cherry cream cheese filling If the cherries don't seem to be releasing much juice as they cook, just add a couple tablespoons of water, cherry or apple juice.
The only thing that might be affected by using fresh cherries is how juicy your cherries are. However, if you'd rather use fresh cherries, please do so. The other tremendous benefit of using frozen cherries is that you don't have to pit them. Using frozen cherries makes these turnovers possible year-round. Here in Colorado, we only have good fresh cherries for a couple months out of the year. I've used frozen cherries in this cherry filling for the sake of convenience.
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How to Make Cherry Turnovers #1: Choose fresh or frozen cherries
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They are also an awesome way to transform last night's leftovers, or whatever else you've got hanging around in your refrigerator or freezer, into a portable breakfast, lunch, after school snack, late night supper, or dessert. They make elegant, appetizers for dinner parties or cocktail parties. Turnovers can be black-tie elegant or tailgate party casual. most everything is great inside of a turnover. Veggies, meat, cheese, fruit, custard, chocolate, cream cheese. Put anything you want in there, sweet or savory. Some days (ok, every day), I'd like to wrap everything in that flaky, buttery, delicate, magical dough we call puff pastry.īut, the truly great thing about Turnovers is their versatility. Origin story aside, after making these Cherry Turnovers, I'm feeling a bit Turnover obsessed.įirst of all, there's the puff pastry. Homemade Turnovers Are One of My Favorite Things The people took the ingredients and made what we now know as turnovers. The town's Chatelaine supplied people with flour and apples in some effort to relieve their suffering. Here's the "true" story according to the internet.Īccording to legend, the turnover has its origin in 1630 in the Sarthe region of France, during an epidemic. I don't know where they originated from, but I love that at some point, someone turned dough over filling and said, "Behold! The turnover." They are made by cutting out a square of dough, plopping some filling on one corner, and turning the dough over the filling to seal it. Turnovers are one of those obviously named foods. The Chinese have dim sums while the Indians have samosas and the Spanish have empanadas.These delicious puff pastry cherry turnovers are filled with sweet cherries and cream cheese, then topped with roasted almonds and vanilla glaze. You can find a turnover recipe in many cultures of the world. Soon, people were swapping apples for other fruits, and many actually substituted sweet with savory. Apple turnovers were actively being freshly made and sold at local bakeries and restaurants. One of the most popular apple turnover recipes included Granny Smith apples, dark brown sugar, cinnamon, lemon, and phyllo sheet. At the time, recipes were printed in cookbooks only if they were popular with the public. Going a little forward in history, the recipe started appearing in cookbooks from the 1750s in England.
Today, the town celebrates the dish during the ‘Chaussons aux Pommes’ (Apple Turnover) Festival each year. The townspeople made apple turnovers using the ingredients, and soon, the town’s situation slowly started to improve. The town was suffering through an epidemic, and to aid them with food supplies, the Lady of the Town, known as the chatelaine, distributed flour, butter, and apples. It began in a French town called Saint-Calais, which was situated in the Sarthe region. Historians state that the sweet treat grew in popularity during the 17th century. However, fret not because even if we do not know much about the origins of the dish, we can still talk about its popularity, starting from the old days to the modern ages. If we were to look at the first recorded instance of an apple turnover, our efforts will be futile because that remains a mystery. It is uncertain as to when or who celebrated the first National Apple Turnover Day.
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