55 turnover recipes

Try these savory turnovers, they are too delicious to stop eating. Sauteed mushrooms gives the meaty texture and delicious flavor, the pepper Jack cheese adds extra cheesy bite, and the thyme adds the fresh taste. These tasty and delicate turnovers are perfect appetizer, or can be a delicious vegetarian main course.

Old-fashioned turn-of-the-century molasses bundt cake with two cups of unsulfured molasses, cake flour for tenderness, and a dusting of powdered sugar. Serves warm with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

A Calzone is a turnover that originates from Italy. It is made of ingredients similar to pizza folded over and shaped like a crescent. The typical Calzone is stuffed with tomato and mozzarella, and may include other ingredients usually associated with pizza toppings.

Chicken turnovers made with crescent roll dough, filled with sauteed chicken, shallots, garlic, and herbs. Four golden pastry triangles ready in 45 minutes.

Emeril's calzone wraps a basil-sun-dried tomato yeast dough around a pork, red pepper, and white wine filling. A flavor-packed Italian turnover from the New Orleans chef.

Traditional green tomato mincemeat with suet, raisins, apples, oranges, and warming spices simmered low for hours. A homestead recipe for filling pies, tarts, and turnovers from the late-season garden haul.

Vegan mushroom spread made with sauteed leeks, garlic, oregano, and a hit of horseradish, pureed smooth. A savory appetizer for crackers, crostini, or turnover filling.

Homemade puff pastry from scratch using a classic six-fold lamination of dough and butter. The base for croissants, palmiers, vol-au-vents, and proper buttery turnovers.

Hamburger pasties stuffed with seasoned ground beef, onion, canned vegetables, and sharp cheddar, folded into pie crust turnovers. A portable hand pie that doubles as sandwich or gravy-topped dinner.

Pastelitos, little hand pies filled with mashed dried fruit, honey, and cinnamon in a flaky shortening crust. A traditional Latin American fruit turnover baked golden.

Quick chicken empanadas stuffed with Spanish rice, cheddar cheese, and olives in flaky pie crust. Easy baked turnovers ready in under an hour, perfect for busy weeknights.

Chaussons a la confiture: French jam turnovers made from puff pastry rounds folded over fruit jam and sugar-crusted on top. Flaky bakery-style handhelds with any jam in your pantry.

Yeast pastry dough made with whole wheat and white flour for turnovers and pasties. Olive oil enriched, soft and pliable, and makes 30 squares ready for salmon, meat, or vegetable fillings.

Rough puff pastry is the home cook's shortcut to puff pastry, made by folding walnut-sized chunks of cold fat through a soft dough four to five times. Flaky enough for tart shells, vol-au-vents, and turnovers.

Handy pastry dough: make-ahead pie crust with egg and vinegar that keeps two weeks in the fridge. Makes five balls ready to roll for pies, quiches, or turnovers on short notice.

Hamburger pastry hand pies stuffed with seasoned ground beef, onions, vegetables, cheese, and ketchup, all wrapped in a flaky pie crust. A classic American-style meat turnover for lunchboxes, potlucks, or weeknight dinners.