Post by Loupy on Sept 24, 2016 16:42:17 GMT -7
Curried Apple Turnovers
From: Sommer @ www.aspicyperspective.com/
There is only one problem with making apple sweets. When you bring home bushels of apples from the orchard, you start to worry about monotony. After all, what better accents apples than cinnamon?
Yet if you spice all your apples with cinnamon, it doesn’t matter whether you make turnovers, pies, crisps, cakes, or muffins. You end up with same flavor.
As a girl who likes a lot of variety, I’ve been experimenting with different flavor profiles to complement apples. I
I've found that curry powder and garam masala do wonders to spice up savory or sweet apple dishes. Both are Indian spice blends usually containing a little cinnamon. Yet, you also get a bit of coriander, clove, fenugreek, turmeric, cumin, and cardamom as well.
These extra spices provide rich depth to your apple treats… And the element of surprise!
I’ve noticed that if you don’t tell your taste-testers what your secret ingredient is, they will devour several hand pies while contemplating the possibilities, and still may never figure it out!
The touch of curry in these crispy Curried Apple Turnovers adds that little extra something, without overpowering the apple goodness.
PREP TIME: 20 minutes
COOK TIME: 20 minutes
YIELD: 18
Ingredients:
2 sheets of puff pastry
2 medium grannysmith apples
1/2 cup golden raisins
Zest of 1 orange
2 tablespoons orange juice
3 tablespoons brown sugar
2 teaspoon all purpose flour
½ teaspoon garam masala
¼ teaspoon curry powder
¼ teaspoon salt
1 large egg + 1 tablespoon water
Turbinado sugar for sprinkling
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Peel and chop the apples into ¼ inch cubes.
Mix the apple cubes with the raisins, orange zest, orange juice, brown sugar, flour, garam masala, curry powder, and salt.
Cut each puff pastry sheet into 9 squares and place them on baking stones or parchment paper-lined cookie sheets.
Gently roll out each square into a diamond shape.
Top each diamond with a tablespoon of apple mixture.
Whisk the egg with 1 tablespoon of water and brush the egg wash over the edges of the diamond.
Then fold the dough over the apple mixture and crimp the edges with a fork.
Brush the tops with egg wash and sprinkle with Turbinado sugar.
Bake for 17-20 minutes until golden brown on top.
Serve warm or at room temperature.
From: Sommer @ www.aspicyperspective.com/
There is only one problem with making apple sweets. When you bring home bushels of apples from the orchard, you start to worry about monotony. After all, what better accents apples than cinnamon?
Yet if you spice all your apples with cinnamon, it doesn’t matter whether you make turnovers, pies, crisps, cakes, or muffins. You end up with same flavor.
As a girl who likes a lot of variety, I’ve been experimenting with different flavor profiles to complement apples. I
I've found that curry powder and garam masala do wonders to spice up savory or sweet apple dishes. Both are Indian spice blends usually containing a little cinnamon. Yet, you also get a bit of coriander, clove, fenugreek, turmeric, cumin, and cardamom as well.
These extra spices provide rich depth to your apple treats… And the element of surprise!
I’ve noticed that if you don’t tell your taste-testers what your secret ingredient is, they will devour several hand pies while contemplating the possibilities, and still may never figure it out!
The touch of curry in these crispy Curried Apple Turnovers adds that little extra something, without overpowering the apple goodness.
PREP TIME: 20 minutes
COOK TIME: 20 minutes
YIELD: 18
Ingredients:
2 sheets of puff pastry
2 medium grannysmith apples
1/2 cup golden raisins
Zest of 1 orange
2 tablespoons orange juice
3 tablespoons brown sugar
2 teaspoon all purpose flour
½ teaspoon garam masala
¼ teaspoon curry powder
¼ teaspoon salt
1 large egg + 1 tablespoon water
Turbinado sugar for sprinkling
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Peel and chop the apples into ¼ inch cubes.
Mix the apple cubes with the raisins, orange zest, orange juice, brown sugar, flour, garam masala, curry powder, and salt.
Cut each puff pastry sheet into 9 squares and place them on baking stones or parchment paper-lined cookie sheets.
Gently roll out each square into a diamond shape.
Top each diamond with a tablespoon of apple mixture.
Whisk the egg with 1 tablespoon of water and brush the egg wash over the edges of the diamond.
Then fold the dough over the apple mixture and crimp the edges with a fork.
Brush the tops with egg wash and sprinkle with Turbinado sugar.
Bake for 17-20 minutes until golden brown on top.
Serve warm or at room temperature.
