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Lemon Cream Cheese & Berry Turnovers

Crisp puff pastry, fresh lemon and cream cheese with berry preserves make for a lovely, not too sweet turnover … Perfect with that morning cuppa!

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Why it works: Cream cheese and berry share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 17 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 18
Prep25 min
Cook12 min

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Preheat the oven to 400°F (204°C) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

  2. Separate the egg. Beat the yolk with a little of the water for an egg wash. Beat the white with the remaining water in a separate small bowl for sealing.

  3. In a bowl, beat the softened cream cheese, confectioners sugar, lemon zest and lemon juice until smooth and fluffy.

  4. Lightly flour a work surface. Unroll the thawed puff pastry sheets and roll each slightly larger. Cut each sheet into 9 squares for 18 total.

  5. Place a small spoonful of the cream cheese filling in the center of each square. Divide the berry preserves evenly among them, about a dab each.

  6. Brush the edges of each square with the egg white. Fold into triangles and press the edges firmly with a fork to seal.

  7. Arrange the turnovers on the lined baking sheet. Brush the tops with the egg yolk wash and cut a small vent slit in each.

  8. Bake for 12 to 14 minutes until puffed and golden. Cool on the sheet for 5 minutes before serving.

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Cream cheese + berrytop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together17 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  2. Lemon + berrytop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together57 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Egg + flourtop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together104,138 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Lemon + eggtop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together43,327 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).

  5. Sugar + lemontop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together53,530 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

Egg and flour share little aroma chemistry, yet 104,138 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs