A turnover is a small pie, made by placing a filling on a piece of pastry dough. The dough is then folded over and sealed, and is then cooked by either baking or frying. Turnovers can be sweet or savoury and are often eaten as a sort of portable meal or dessert. Throughout the world, turnovers are known by different names, for example in Spanish speaking countries they are known as empanada, while pasty, originally a Cornish people, Cornish term, has spread across the globe. It is common for sweet turnovers to have a fruit filling and be made with a puff pastry or shortcrust pastry dough and covered with icing. Savoury turnovers generally contain meat, vegetables or a mixture of both, and can be made with any sort of pastry dough. Savoury turnovers are often sold as convenience foods in supermarkets.

Fillings

Common turnover fillings include fruits such as apples, peaches and cherries, meats like chicken, beef and pork, vegetables such as potatoes, broccoli and onions, and savoury ingredients like cheese. Specialty versions are also found, such as wild rabbit and leek. In the United Kingdom, turnovers are usually filled with cooked apples, but any fruit can be used, as described in Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management. In the United States, savoury products that are identified as a turnover (for example, "Beef Turnover" or "Cheesy Chicken Turnover") have to contain a certain amount of meat or poultry under the Food Standards and Labeling Policy. A similar law, the Meat Pie and Sausage Roll Regulation 1967 exists in the United Kingdom, which states that Pasties must contain meat that is a minimum 12.75% of the weight of the pastry.

List of Turnover names

Around the world, Turnovers are known by different names. For example, in the United Kingdom, turnover is generally used as the name for sweet versions, however savoury turnovers can be called Pasty, Bridie (a Scottish term), Bedfordshire clanger, Clanger or Oggie. There are different used names around the world:

Similar food types

There are food products that look similar to Turnovers, but are not made from Pastry dough. In Italy, the Calzone, which originated in Naples in the 18th century, is essentially a folded pizza. Traditionally made from salted bread dough, baked in an oven and is stuffed with salami, ham or vegetables, mozzarella, ricotta and Parmesan or pecorino cheese, as well as an chicken egg, egg.Gosetti (1967), p.785 The Panzerotti, which originated in the Apulia region, are a smaller hand-held version of a Calzone, and are classically filled with tomato and mozzarella, though other typical Italian fillings are common such as cured meats, varied cheeses and greens such as the Pugliese favourite: cime di rapa. Panzerotti are deep-fried instead of being baked."Deep Fried Panzerotti"
food.com. Retrieved February 13, 2016. Another folded and stuffed bread product is Scaccia, a Sicilian cuisine, Sicilian stuffed flatbread.

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List of Turnover names

Similar food types

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