Chausson+aux+pommes+(Apple+Turnovers)


 * Chausson aux pommes [Apple Turnovers] **

A Chausson aux pommes is a French pastry; in English it is known as a turnover. It’s a basic puff pastry usually in the shape of a semicircle and it usually has the same taste as an apple pie. These turnovers are preferably eaten hot. Their history is rather blurred, nevertheless, its dates all the way back from the 16th century and was known as a ‘folded apple pie’.

It is made by folding dough over a selected filling and sealing it to be baked; a popular filling being apple or something fruity. Turnovers can be both sweet or savory and made for a portable meal. A savory filling being meats and vegetables.

In the 15th arrondissement, Des Cakes and Bread, a Paris pastry shop, was mentioned to have the best chausson aux pommes [apple turnovers] in Paris. In Brussels, Belgium, the apple turnovers are called “Cosette apple” and served cold.