Recipe: Cherry-Apple Turnovers

Cherry-Apple Turnovers
Source: Cooking Light, May/June 1993
Yield: 6 servings (serving size: 2 turnovers, 1 tablespoon sauce, and 1 teaspoon almonds)

1 1/4 cups frozen pitted dark sweet cherries
1 medium Rome apple peeled, cored and coarsely chopped
sugar
1/8 teaspoon almond extract
1 Dash ground nutmeg
6 sheets frozen phyllo pastry -- thawed
Butter-flavored vegetable cooking spray
1/2 teaspoon cornstarch
2 tablespoons sliced almonds -- toasted
1 teaspoon powdered sugar

Position knife blade in food processor bowl; add cherries and apple. Pulse 4 times or until finely chopped; spoon into a bowl. Add sugar, almond extract, and nutmeg; stir well, and let stand 15 minutes. Press through a sieve, reserving 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons juice. Set aside.

Working with 1 phyllo sheet at a time, cut each sheet lengthwise into 4 (3-1/2-inch-wide) strips; lightly coat each strip with cooking spray. Stack 2 strips, one on top of the other.

Spoon 1 tablespoon cherry-apple mixture onto one end of each stack; fold the left bottom corner over mixture, forming a triangle. Keep folding back and forth into a triangle to the end. Repeat with remaining ingredients. Place the triangles, seam side down, on a baking sheet; lightly spray tops with cooking spray.

Bake at 400 deg for 15 minutes or until golden.

Combine reserved cherry-apple juice and cornstarch in a small saucepan; stir well. Bring to a boil, and cook 1 minute, stirring constantly.