#6: Try these turnovers with another variety of berry besides cherryĪny kind of fresh or frozen fruit can be substituted for the cherries in these turnovers. Eat them with your fingers, or warm them slightly in a bowl and add a scoop of vanilla ice cream. They are also fabulous cold, grabbed as a quick breakfast or snack as you rush out the door. These cherry turnovers are amazing fresh and warm from the oven. #5: Cherry turnovers are delicious served warm or cold And, of course, if you want a more pronounced almond flavor, add some almond extract to the glaze along with the vanilla. If you feel that the glaze makes the cherry turnovers too sweet, just leave it out. I love drizzling these cherry turnovers with a simple vanilla glaze. Your cherry turnovers won't suffer for it, I promise. If you don't like almonds, or are cooking for someone with a nut allergy, just leave the almond extract and chopped almond topping out. #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. These delicious puff pastry cherry turnovers are filled with sweet cherries and cream cheese, then topped with roasted almonds and vanilla glaze.
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