Mrs Beetons Puddings and Desserts Revisited
Fruit Turnovers
(suitable for Pic-Nics)
Medium Puff Paste
Fruit, any kind
Sugar, to taste
Roll out the paste to a thickness of about 6mm (¼ inch) and cut it out into circular pieces.
Pile the fruit on half of the pastry, sprinkle with sugar.
Wet the edges and turn the pastry over.
Press the edges together, ornament them and brush the turnovers over with the white of an egg.
Sprinkle with sugar.
Bake on tins, in a brisk oven, for about 20 minutes.
Instead of putting the fruit in raw, it may be boiled down with a little sugar first and then enclose in the crust or jam, of any kind, may be substituted for fresh fruit.
Time: 20 minutes.
Sufficient 225g (8oz) puff paste will make a dozen turnovers.
Seasonable at any time.
FRUIT TURNOVERS
(suitable for Pic-Nics)
1278. INGREDIENTS - Puff-paste No. 1206, any kind of fruit, sugar to taste.
Mode - Make some puff-paste by recipe No. 1206; roll it out to the thickness of about 1/4 inch, and cut it out in pieces of a circular form; pile the fruit on half of the paste, sprinkle over some sugar, wet the edges and turn the paste over. Press the edges together, ornament them, and brush the turnovers over with the white of an egg; sprinkle over sifted sugar, and bake on tins, in a brisk oven, for about 20 minutes. Instead of putting the fruit in raw, it may be boiled down with a little sugar first, and then inclosed in the crust; or jam, of any kind, may be substituted for fresh fruit.
Time - 20 minutes.
Sufficient 1/2 lb. of puff-paste will make a dozen turnovers.
Seasonable at any time.
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