Rhubarb turnovers
1 hour
If you are in the mood for rhubarb pie but want something quicker and easier, try these moist puff pastry turnovers filled with ricotta and stewed rhubarb with orange.
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Ingredients
Makes: 6 à 8 chaussons
- 300g trimmed rhubarb, diced
- 150g caster sugar
- 1 orange, juiced
- 200g ricotta cheese
- 1 pinch ground cinnamon
- 1 (375g) packet puff pastry
- 1 egg yolk, lightly beaten
Method
Prep:20min ›
Cook:40min ›
Ready in:1hr
- Add rhubarb to a saucepan with half of the sugar and the orange juice. Bring to the boil, then reduce heat and simmer till rhubarb is soft. Drain rhubarb in a colander placed over a bowl to catch the liquid.
- In a bowl mix ricotta with the remaining sugar and cinnamon.
- Unroll puff pastry onto your working surface and cut out 6 to 8 circles using a glass or a biscuit cutter.
- Spread half of each circle with ricotta and top with rhubarb. Fold over the other side and seal the sides by pushing them down wiht the times of a fork.
- Brush pastry with egg yolk and bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes. Let cool.
- Pour reserved rhubarb liquid in a small saucepan and simmer till syrupy. Serve the turnovers drizzled with rhubarb syrup.
