This Cherry Turnover Recipe is easy to make and delicious! Use store-bought puff pastry for this quick treat! Topped with a fabulous sweet glaze that will have your tastebuds dancing.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword cherries, pastry
Prep Time 30 minutesminutes
Cook Time 5 minutesminutes
Total Time 35 minutesminutes
Servings 8pastries
Calories 260kcal
Author Camila Hurst
Ingredients
Cherry Filling
2cupspitted cherriesfrozen or fresh 280 grams
1/4cupsugar50 grams
3tbsplemon juice
1 1/2tbspcornstarch
3tbspwater
Pastry
2puff pastry sheets
1egg
2tbspmilk
1/3cupcoarse sugar66 grams
Glaze
1cuppowdered sugar125 grams
4tbspmilk
1/2tspalmond or vanilla extract
Instructions
Cherry Filling
Place the cherries, lemon juice, and water in a small saucepan over medium heat.
Cook for 10 to 15 min until the cherries soften. Add a couple of tablespoons of water if the cherries start to get dry and stick to the pan.
In a small bowl, mix the cornstarch with the water until dissolved.
Add the cornstarch to the cherries and mix while cooking for a few minutes, until the cherry jam is thick. Let it cool down.
Pastry
Thaw the puff pastry. To thaw the puff pastry you can leave it on the counter for 30 to 40 minutes. Thawing time will depend on how hot or cold the kitchen is.
Or you can thaw the pastry in the microwave. Remove the pastry from the box, and remove from the plastic of paper wrapping. Wrap the pastry in a couple of sheets of paper towel. Place it in the microwave for 15 seconds. Turn the pastry over, microwave for another 15 seconds. The pastry should be soft and open easily. If the pastry is still not opening easily, microwave just for another few seconds.
Cut each pastry sheet into 4 squares.
Spoon some of the cherry jam in the center. Brush a very small amount of egg wash around the edges and fold the pastry, pressing the edges to seal into a triangle.
Cut two slits on top of the triangle. Brush more egg wash on top and sprinkle sugar. Bake at 375 Fahrenheit for 15 to 20 minutes, until the pastries are golden and puffed.
Glaze
Whisk the ingredients to make the glaze. Add more powdered sugar if the glaze is too thin or more milk if the glaze is too thick. Drizzle over the pastries.
Notes
You can fill these pastries with anything you want, ready made cherry pie filling from the store or any type of jam.