SMS: Caramel Apple Turnovers with Sweet Ricotta Filling

The recipe selected for the third Sweet Melissa Sunday was Caramel Apple Turnovers with Sweet Ricotta Filling. I was very excited to make this recipe, as there is rarely an apple dessert I don’t like. In fact, my very first blog post was about apple desserts. The recipe was seemingly easy to make (you can prepare each component in advance and use purchased puff pastry), but for some reason it took me forever. I partly blame the weather, since it was so beautiful this weekend I continually wanted to get outside and enjoy the sun. There were also a couple of technical difficulties on my side that prevented the turnovers from being made late Sunday afternoon rather than early Saturday morning as planned.







The first issue was my apples not caramelizing. After two attempts to get amber-colored syrup, I decided that I just would not have nice caramelized applesauce and get on with my day. By that time it was too late to make the turnovers for breakfast, and as it turns out, it wouldn’t have mattered anyway because my frozen puff pastry was completely distorted and impossible to remove from the paper, which I discovered on Sunday morning when I tried to make the turnovers. Since Mr. Penpen and I had a brunch to attend, errands to run (including purchasing more puff pastry), and a dog to exercise (although basically all she did was move from one shady spot to another), I finally got around to baking the turnovers this afternoon.





The result? Wonderful flaky pastries, with a sweet and creamy filling – the apple filling was fine. I gave this recipe a 10 for Deliciousness and a 4 for Effort, giving it an EDR of 2.5. Many thanks to Tracey of Tracey’s Culinary Adventures for choosing such a fantastic dessert – or breakfast. You can find the recipe on Tracey’s site, and be sure to check out the Sweet Melissa Sundays site to see what the other bakers thought of these.