These particular person pastry pockets are bursting with the buttery, spiced flavors of heat apple pie. However not like an apple pie, these turnovers could be able to eat inside an hour — no ready half a day for a deep-dish pie to chill. In actual fact, the turnovers are finest served heat from the oven with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. 

For a salty-sweet shock, chopped apples are simmered in a miso-spiked caramel sauce. Whereas miso has lengthy been a staple in Japanese cooking, pastry cooks and bakers around the globe have embraced the fermented soybean paste, utilizing it so as to add complexity and savory, nutty flavors to desserts and pastries. Persist with white miso for this recipe; it’s extra mellow and barely sweeter than longer-aged crimson or yellow miso. 

The important thing to ultra-flaky turnovers with a superbly tender apple filling comes down to 2 easy but necessary steps: Preserve the puff pastry dough chilled, and precook the apples. As puff pastry bakes, the steam pockets created by the butter within the dough trigger the pastry to rise and type flaky layers. If the pastry is heat, the butter will soften out of the dough, and it gained’t puff. The opposite secret’s to simmer the apples, or precook them, earlier than they’re enveloped within the pastry. This not solely ensures the apples are tender, but it surely additionally cooks off the surplus moisture within the fruit. An excessive amount of moisture within the turnover filling causes steam, making the pastries burst open once they bake. With slightly approach, these golden, sugar-crusted apple turnovers can be your new go-to fall dessert. 

What different varieties of apples can be utilized?

Honeycrisp and Pink Woman apples fall into the class of crisp, sweet-tart apples. Different widespread apple varieties with comparable traits that can work effectively in these turnovers are Braeburn, Envy, or Jonagold. 

In the event you favor a barely extra tart taste, substitute with Granny Smith apples. Keep away from utilizing apples that break down and grow to be mushy when cooked, like McIntosh, Golden Scrumptious, and Gala. These softer apples are finest suited to making dishes like apple sauce and apple butter. 

The way to hold the turnovers from bursting open

Evenly brush the pastry edges with overwhelmed egg, after which press collectively to seal. Use a fork to crimp the perimeters, additional sealing the pastry edges collectively. It’s additionally necessary to fill the turnovers with simply the sautéed apples — keep away from including caramel sauce to the filling, as it is going to boil and pop the pastries open. 

Freeze the turnovers for about 10 minutes earlier than baking. This step additionally helps to make sure that the perimeters of the pastries keep sealed collectively. Don’t overlook to chop three small slits within the tops of the turnovers to provide the steam an avenue to flee. 

Notes from the Meals & Wine Take a look at Kitchen

• Preserve the remaining puff pastry squares chilled whilst you assemble the turnovers. It’s simpler to fill and fold chilled dough — if the dough warms up, it is going to soften and begin to persist with the work floor. 
• Unfold the sautéed apples in a single layer on a big rimmed plate or small baking sheet in order that they cool shortly. 
• Go for Dufour Pastry Kitchens’ puff pastry (obtainable at Complete Meals and different specialty grocery shops) for a wealthy and buttery taste. 

The textual content and recipe had been written by Paige Grandjean.