The Strategy
Baking up little hand-held pastries is a lovely way to showcase the sweet fruits of the season. Simmering your berries beforehand thickens their juices so they won't make your delicate puff pastry soggy. A neat fold and a fork crimp lock all that sweet goodness inside, ready to bake up golden and flaky.
Technique Summary
Simmering fresh berries into a thick filling and tucking them into flaky puff pastry makes for a wonderful, hand-held dessert. These golden turnovers seal in all the bright flavors of the orchard.
Chef’s Checkpoints
- Look for the fruit filling to coat the back of a spoon and hold its shape when cool.
- Feel the pastry edges; they should be firmly sealed and crimped together without gaps.
- Look for the baked turnovers to puff up into distinct, crispy layers with a golden sheen.