Strawberry Lemon Turnovers Food

STRAWBERRY LEMON TURNOVERS

Steps:

• Mix together 1/2 cup strawberries, 6 tablespoons sugar, water, cornstarch, and lemon juice in a small saucepan.
• Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly for five minutes.
• Remove from the heat and add the remaining berries and lemon zest.
• Let cool to room temperature.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
• Roll out the puff pastry sheets until they are about 1/8 inch thick.
• Cut out twelve 3-4 inch circles with a cookie cutter or glass from the two rectangles.
• Take the twelve circles and place on ungreased cookie sheets 1 1/2 inches apart.
• Distribute the strawberry filling between the circles.
• Fold over the dough and press the edges tightly to seal.
• Brush the turnovers with the egg wash and sprinkle with the remaining tablespoon sugar.
• Bake in the preheated over for 14-18 minutes, or until golden brown.
• Serve hot or at room temperature.

STRAWBERRY LEMON BARS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Combine flour, powdered sugar, cornstarch, lemon zest, and salt for crust in the bowl of a food processor; pulse to combine. Add butter and oil and pulse until incorporated and crumbly. Press into an 8-inch square baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 20 minutes.
• While crust is baking, place berries into the food processor and process until smooth. Strain mixture to remove seeds, then transfer berry puree to a bowl with white sugar, flour, lemon juice, eggs, and salt. Whisk to combine.
• Remove crust from the oven and immediately pour filling mixture over top. Return to the oven and bake until filling is just set, about 20 minutes.
• Remove from the oven and place on a wire rack to cool completely, about 30 minutes. Place in the refrigerator until chilled, about 2 hours. Dust with powdered sugar and cut into 16 bars.

RASPBERRY LEMON TURNOVERS

Steps:

• Thaw pastry sheets on the counter for 30 minutes.
• Unfold one sheet onto a lightly floured board or clean counter, and roll out to 12x12", use a pizza cutter to cut into 9 (4x4") squares.
• Using a spoon, place a teaspoon of raspberry jelly in the center of each square, and spread into a 2" circle.
• Brush the edges of each square with water.
• Place a tablespoon of lemon curd in the center of a square, then quickly fold over one corner to the opposite corner to create a triangle, and press the edges to seal. It's important to do this quickly before the lemon curd has a chance to run out to the edges and gets in the way of sealing the edges, which is why I work with one square at a time for this step.
• Place the triangles on a jelly roll size baking sheet.
• Repeat this process with the second puff pastry sheet.
• Bake at 400 for 15 minutes or until golden brown.
• When cool, drizzle with a confectioners sugar glaze (1/2 cup conf. sugar mixed with a few teaspoons of milk) or melted chocolate for decoration, if desired.
• Homemade Lemon Curd:.
• 1/4 cup lemon juice (either from squeezing lemons or from a bottle).
• 3/4 cup sugar.
• 2 large eggs.
• 6 tablespoons butter, melted and slightly cooled.
• Whisk lemon juice, sugar and eggs together. Beat for 2 minutes. Whisk in the melted butter. Pour into a heavy 2 quart saucepan over medium heat, whisk constantly until it gradually thickens and comes to a boil (5-7 minutes). Remove from heat, continue to whisk until it cools ( 4-5 more minutes) Pour into a bowl or jar, cover and chill.
• If you are using this for the Raspberry Lemon Turnovers, it is imperative that you chill it first, or it will be too runny to stay in the center while you are sealing the turnovers.