Turnover (food)

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Turnover

An apple-filled turnover
Type	Pastry

A turnover is a type of pastry made by placing a filling on a piece of dough, folding the dough over, sealing it, and then baking or frying it. Turnovers can be sweet or savoury and are often made as a sort of portable meal or dessert. They are often eaten for breakfast.

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 and/or vegetables and can be made with any sort of dough, though a kneaded yeast dough seems to be the most common in Western cuisines. They are usually baked, but may be fried.

Savoury turnovers are often sold as convenience foods in supermarkets. Savoury turnovers with meat or poultry and identified as a turnover in the United States (for example, "Beef Turnover" or "Cheesy Chicken Turnover") have to meet a standard of identity or composition and should contain a certain amount of meat or poultry.^[1]

A meat or vegetarian turnover may be called a patty in South Asian and Caribbean cuisine, e.g. a Jamaican patty, a Haitian patty. It may be a pasty in Cornish cuisine. In Latin American cuisine turnovers are called empanadas and can be baked or fried.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[2] Specialty versions are also found, such as wild rabbit and leek.^[3]

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.^[4]

In Italy, another type of turnover can be found. The calzone, originated in Naples in the 18th century which is essentially an enclosed 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 egg.^[5] The panzerotto, famous from Bari, is a smaller hand-held turnover, 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 usually deep fried but may also be baked.^{[citation needed]}

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