Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Plum and peach turnovers

Summer is here! Summer brings a lot of delicious fruit, like peaches and cherry plums. I used these to make these turnovers. The recipe comes from here There is also different fruit varaitions. I modified slightly the recipe, Here is my version.

Fresh peach turnovers
Sour Cream Dough:

  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • /4 cup (1/2 stick/2 oz./56g) unsalted margarine
  • 1/3 cup fresh whipping cream
  • 1 tsp lemon juice

Fruit Filling:

  • 1 1/2 cups peaches, peeled, pitted, cut into 1/4-inch thick slices (or plums)
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 tablespoons heavy whipping cream

Glaze: (optional)

  • 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar, sifted
  • 2 teaspoons milk

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F/218 degrees C.Lightly grease and flour a large baking sheet.

Sour Cream Dough: Mix the cream with the lemon juice. Place the flour, salt, and butter in a bowl. Cut the butter into the flour until the mixture resembles coarse bread crumbs. Add the cream, and mix with a fork. Stir in the milk. Gather the dough together in your hand, it will be very smooth, and if it holds together without crumbling, it is ready to roll out. If the dough brakes up and does not hold together when pressed, add a few drops of milk, stirring with a fork to distribute them. The dough should be quite soft, but not sticky. Place the dough, on a lightly floured surface and roll out to a thickness of about one-eighth inch, as thick, as you would roll pie dough. With a round cutter about four and one-half inches in diameter, cut out as many rounds of dough as you can (you'll probably get 7 from this first cutting). Gather up the scraps of dough, press them together, and reroll them to cut the remaining 3 rounds.

Fruit Filling: Place 2 tablespoons of the peaches on each round of dough, and sprinkle each mound of fruit with 2 teaspoons of sugar. With your finger tips, moisten the edges of the dough with water. Fold each round of dough over, to form a half moon shape. Press the edges gently with your fingers, then press them together with the tines of a fork. Brush the turnovers with cream and sprinkle each one, with 1/2 teaspoon of the remaining sugar. Place the turnovers on the baking sheet, leaving at least 1-inch between each. Bake turnovers for about 20 minutes, until they are lightly browned. Remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack. If desired, drizzle while warm with glaze. Serve turnovers warm or at room temperature.

Glaze: (optional) In a small bowl combine confectioners' sugar and milk. Drizzle over warm turnovers. Makes 10 (4 1/2-inch x 2-inch) turnovers.




35 comments:

apparentlyjessy said...

Ooooh they look delicious! Both flavours!

Maya said...

uuuu! questi fagottini sono fantastici!

My Ricettarium said...

Nat!!!!!! sono favolosi sti fagottini ripieni di frutta!!! che brava... :-))) bacioni

Micaela said...

devono essere buonissimi questi quadrotti ripieni!!! che fame..

Emily said...

I can't tell you how good these look to me. The colors are so vibrant!

Kitchen Corner said...

Yummy dessert! I like plum very much but hardly get a sweet plum here.

Betty said...

uno per me c'รจ?
mamma mia quanto sono golosa... mi piacciono molto e credo che siano davvero super buoni, baciii.

Donna-FFW said...

What I wouldnt give for one of those. They look beyond wonderful

Morena said...

Oooohh!!Ma quanto saranno buone !!!???..che meraviglia!!Brava Natalie!!ciao ciao!!

Adam said...

Love that rich plum color! You had me at powdered sugar, baby :)

ann low said...

It is so perfect, remember to keep some for me.

Sophie said...

I really like how these turned out, especially the pretty color of the plum filled ones :).

Lacrima said...

buonissimi! :)

Hannah said...

So perfectly summery! I haven't even gotten really good apricots or plums around here yet... But I'd sure love to make them into something like this when they're finally at their prime.

Karine said...

It looks so yummy!!! I want some!

PheMom said...

I love all that gorgeous sugary layer on the outside! Beautiful!

Chef E said...

Wow did I stumble upon some goodies here!

Pearl said...

looks splendid!

Deeba PAB said...

SCREAMING GORGEOUS....Natalie, WOW!!

Parita said...

i have plums at home, would love to try these! love the dusted sugar on top!

♥Rosie♥ said...

I just adore all those summer fruits available. Your turnovers look sensational - I wish I had one right in front of me now!!

hannah queen | honey & jam said...

Looks delicious!

CookiePie said...

Soooo delicious! I love all that confectioner's sugar on top!

may26 said...

(^_^)Hi Nat, very good the these full saccottinis, from the form they remember so much the cassatelles of Agira but the stuffing it is different (^_^) I want to try her these your (^_^) an embrace kisses

Maria said...

Perfect way to use summer fruit!

Dewi said...

Wow...
Gorgeous and beautiful color from the plum and the peach, making this turnovers irresistible!

Jacque said...

Oooh, yummy! They look perfect!

nightfairy said...

Mi piacciono tantissimo!Complimenti!Buon weekend, bacio

Y said...

The colours of the fruit fillings look amazing and delicious!

Anonymous said...

Super delicious!!!

Palidor said...

The crust looks nice and tender. I like the plum filling. I never would have thought of that!

eatme_delicious said...

Mmm these look delicious! I love the sound of a sour cream pastry mm.

Unknown said...

You made turnovers :D :D The confectioners sugar on top looks soo good! Yum

Vera said...

Delicious treats!

The Food Librarian said...

I can't decide which flavor is my favorite! These look great.