Peach and Mango Turnovers

I used to make puff pastry a lot but haven't ventured into it since starting to bake more vegan items. With the launch of vegan butters, this job has become a lot easier. I used my normal rough puff pastry and just substituted the butter for a vegan version, and the product turned out great. This will definitely be the start of more vegan puff pastry baking. 

Recipe - Makes 4

For the rough puff pastry:

• 65g plain flour
• 65g strong white flour
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 90g vegan butter, diced
• 80ml cold water
• Milk, to glaze
• Granulated sugar, to sprinkle

For the fruit filling:

• 1/2 mango, peeled and diced
• 1/2 peach, peeled and diced
• 10g caster sugar
• Pinch cinnamon

Make the pastry by mixing the flour and salt in a bowl. Add the vegan butter and roughly rub in, leaving large pieces. Add the water and mix to bring to a soft dough. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and roll out to a rectangle three times as long as it is wide. Fold the top third down and bottom third up. Wrap in clingfilm and chill for 1 hour.

Meanwhile, make the fruit filling by combining the mango, peach, sugar and cinnamon in a bowl. Chill until required. 

Continue with the pastry by rolling out on a lightly floured work surface to four times as long as it is wide. Fold each shorter edge towards the centre then in half like a book. Wrap and chill for 30 minutes. Repeat three more times, turning the pastry 90 degrees each time and chilling 30 minutes. 

Roll out the pastry to a large square 25cm x 25cm. Trim the edges to neaten then cut into four even sized squares. Place a spoonful of the apple filling on one half of each of the squares in a small triangle, leaving a 1cm rim along edge. Fold the pastry over to cover and press to seal. Use a lightly floured fork to press round the edge to seal well. Lift onto a baking tray lined with baking paper. Chill for 30 minutes. Preheat the oven to 200C.

Brush the pastry with milk and sprinkle over granulated sugar. Bake for 20 minutes or until browned and crisp. Remove and transfer to a wire rack to cool.