Name: Plum turnovers
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 750 gram plums, quartered and deseeded; 185 gram (1 1/2 cups) finely chopped pecans; 75 gram (1/3 cup, firmly packed) brown sugar, plus extra, to taste (optional); 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon rind; 2 sheets frozen butter puff pastry, thawed; plain flour, to dust; 1 egg, lightly beaten; vanilla ice-cream (optional), to serve

Plum turnovers

You could use most stone fruit for these wonderful turnovers, but nothing quite gives the intensity of colour like the humble plum. Serve piping hot, with ice-cream.

Serves 8

Prep

25M

Cook

25M

Total

50M

Ingredients

750 gram plums, quartered and deseeded

185 gram (1 1/2 cups) finely chopped pecans

75 gram (1/3 cup, firmly packed) brown sugar, plus extra, to taste (optional)

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon finely grated lemon rind

2 sheets frozen butter puff pastry, thawed

plain flour, to dust

1 egg, lightly beaten

vanilla ice-cream (optional), to serve

Method

1.Preheat oven to 190°C. Line a baking tray with non-stick baking paper.

2.Place plums, pecans, sugar, cinnamon and rind in a bowl and toss to combine. Add extra sugar to taste, if desired.

3.Cut each pastry sheet into 4 squares. Lightly dust a cool, flat surface with flour and place pastry on top. Spoon plum mixture evenly into centre of each pastry square and brush edges with some of egg. Fold pastry over in half diagonally to form a triangle and use a fork to seal edges.

4.Place on prepared tray and brush tops with remaining egg. Cook in oven for 25 minutes, until puffed and golden. Serve warm with ice-cream, if desired.

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