Method

• Peel the skin off the pears and remove the core. Cut the pears into 1-2cm cubes and place on hot frying pan with a drizzle of olive oil.
• Stir well and cook over medium high heat.
• Add cinnamon, all spice and vanilla extract. Stir and add brown sugar. Cook for 5 minutes and turn down to medium heat.
• Add butter and stir through. Cook with lid on for 10 minutes.
• Grate zest of ½ lemon and squeeze juice of ½ lemon. Cook for further 10 minutes until softened, sticky and caramelised.
• Position pears onto plate or tray. Place into freezer for 5 minutes to cool.
• Meanwhile, roll out pastry sheet. Cut pastry sheet into 6 similar square pieces and place approximately 1 ½ Tbsp of pear mix on each square.
• Whisk egg in a small bowl and brush edges of pastry to stick. Fold one pastry corner to the other to form a triangle and press with fork to seal.
• Dust kitchen bench with flour to prevent from sticking to bench and repeat with rest of pastries.
• Brush tops of turnovers with remaining egg mix and carefully place in basket of air fryer.
• Set air fryer to 195°C for 14 minutes.
• Remove pear turnovers from air fryer, dust with icing sugar. Serve warm and with vanilla ice cream if desired.