Super easy, flaky and delicious puff pastry turnovers with homemade cherry pie filling and vanilla glaze. These little sweet pastries are best when served as breakfast or snack with a cup of coffee.
What is a cherry turnover?
Turnovers are easy and simple stuffed pastries made with puff pastry sheets and homemade cherry pie filling. These bakery-style fruit pastries are easily made at home with just a handful of ingredients.
Cherry turnovers are one of the simple desserts or breakfasts to make whenever you have guests or have no time in hand to prepare anything fancy.
Can I use frozen cherries?
Absolutely, thaw them before you make the filling.
Can I use store-bought cherry pie filling?
I always make my own pie fillings but store-bought pie fillings are works well in this recipe.
Alternatives for puff pastry:
If you don’t have puff pastry in hand, you can make turnovers using the pie crust or phyllo dough.
Fruit variations:
I love to fill the turnovers with the seasonal fruits. The options are endless, you can use apples, peaches, blueberries, raspberries, strawberries or pears. Store-bought pie filling can be used in this recipe.
Serving suggestions:
These are so versatile. Serve them as a snack, dessert or breakfast. They are great when served warm or cold.
Alternatives for the glaze:
I have drizzled a simple vanilla glaze over the pastries to make them a little more attractive and delicious. If you don’t want to do it, below are some other options to make them fancy! 🙂
Almonds – Sprinkle the slivered almonds or sliced almonds on the stuffed turnovers before baking. They will add a nice crunch and taste to them.
Coarse Sugar – Sprinkle a generous amount of coarse sugar on top after brushing with milk.
Powdered sugar – Simply dust the baked pastries with some powdered sugar.
Can I make them ahead?
Yes, they freeze beautifully. Once the pastries are assembled (DO NOT brush with milk), freeze them flat on a single layer. Once they are frozen, transfer them to a ziplock bag and freeze them up to a month.
Whenever you want to bake them, just arrange the frozen ones on a baking sheet, brush with milk and bake immediately. You don’t need to thaw them to bake. Just remember the baking time will be a little longer if they are frozen.
How long can you store them?
They stay well at room temperature for up to 2 days. If you are NOT using glaze (which contains milk), they will stay well for up to 3 days.
If you want to store them for longer, I would suggest storing them in the refrigerator for up to a week.
Step by step preparation:
- Wash and cut the cherries into half. Discard the stem and seeds. Keep them aside.
- Combine 1.5 tablespoons of cornflour and 2 tablespoons of water in a cup and keep it aside until use.
- In a pan, add 1 & 1/4 cups of halved cherries, 1/4 cup of sugar and 1 tbsp of lemon juice. Combine everything.
- Let it cook for about 5 minutes over a medium flame. Gently press the cherries using a spatula while stirring.
- After 5 minutes, reduce the flame to low and add the diluted cornflour mixture.
- Combine everything and let it cook for another 3-4 minutes with constant stirring.
- Once it is thick, turn off the flame and let it cool down slightly.
- Cut the puff pastry into 9 squares and fill each square with a spoonful of prepared pie filling.
- Fold the dough to make a triangle shape. Press the edges of the dough with a fork to seal them completely.
- Prick a few holes using a fork to make a small cut with a knife to create a vent on top. (if you want to freeze them for later use, freeze them at this stage).
- Carefully transfer them to a lined baking tray.
- Brush them with some milk (If you eat eggs, brush them with eggwash).
- If you are decided to decorate with almonds or sugar instead of the glaze, sprinkle almonds or coarse sugar at this stage.
- Pop them in the preheated oven and bake at 200 degrees C for 20-25 minutes or until they are golden brown.
- To make the vanilla glaze, combine powdered sugar, vanilla and milk in a small mixing bowl. Mix everything well with a fork until creamy and smooth.
- Add more milk or powdered sugar to adjust the consistency.
- When the turnovers are completely baked, remove them from the oven and let them cool a bit.
- Drizzle the glaze over the cooled or warm turnovers.
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Puff pastry cherry turnovers recipe video below:
Cherry Turnovers with Puff Pastry
Ingredients
- 1 Puff Pastry Sheet
- A little milk for brushing the pastries
For Cherry Pie FIlling
- 1 1/4 cups Pitted and halved cherries
- 1/4 cup Sugar
- 1 tbsp Lemon Juice
- 1.5 tbsp Corn Flour
- 2 tbsp Milk
For the glaze
- 1/2 cup Powdered Sugar
- 2 tbsp Milk
- 1/4 tsp Vanilla Essence
Instructions
- Whisk together cornflour and water and keep it aside until use.
- To prepare the cherry pie filling, combine the pitted & halved cherries, sugar and lemon juice in a pan.
- Let it cook for about 5 minutes over a medium flame. Gently press the cherries using a spatula while stirring.
- Now add the diluted cornflour mixture and let it cook for another 3-4 minutes with constant stirring.
- Once it is thick, turn off the flame and let it cool down a bit.
- Cut the puff pastry into 9 squares and fill each square with a spoonful of prepared pie filling.
- Fold the dough to make a triangle shape. Press the edges of the dough with a fork to seal them completely.
- Prick a few holes using a fork to make a small cut with a knife to create a vent on top.
- Transfer them to a lined baking tray. Brush them with some milk.
- Pop them in the preheated oven and bake at 200 degrees C for 20-25 minutes or until they are golden brown.
- To make the vanilla glaze, combine powdered sugar, vanilla and milk in a small mixing bowl. Mix until smooth.
- Add more milk or powdered sugar to adjust the consistency.
- Drizzle the glaze over the cooled or warm turnovers.
Delicious
Thank you very much! 🙂