Strawberry-Basil Turnovers

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    8

    large turnovers
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Vintage Baker: More Than 50 Recipes from Butterscotch Pecan Curls to Sour Cream Jumbles

By Jessie Sheehan

Published 2018

  • About

I love a turnover: the extra crust, the portability, and the adorableness factor. The turnover recipe from Secrets of the Jam Cupboard (1930) influenced mine, although I substituted strawberry for the raspberry, and added plenty of fresh basil and black pepper to the berries. Like all turnovers, these are rustic—you fold the dough over the filling and pinch and seal with your fingers to bring it all together. A few tiny air vents allow a bit of