Turkey & Stuffing Turnovers are a delicious (and easy!) way to use your Thanksgiving dinner leftovers to create a second meal your family will love!
Most years, we cook a big Thanksgiving dinner for our extended family – with turkey, stuffing, gravy, and cranberry sauce – all of the Thanksgiving classics! The leftovers can sometimes last for days – but I’m not complaining, especially when that means we can make these delicious Turkey & Stuffing Turnovers.
These Turkey & Stuffing Turnovers are all about finding ways to use up those leftovers, and they are just like a delicious Thanksgiving dinner all rolled up into one delectable bite!
How do you make Turkey & Stuffing Turnovers?
Chunks of leftover turkey are layered inside squares of puff pastry along with leftover stuffing plus a spoonful of both gravy and cranberry sauce – then baked until golden brown and flaky.
They are so simple to make – and very delicious.
Can I make different flavor combinations?
You bet! You can make these turnovers using any of your Thanksgiving meal leftovers – adding turkey, stuffing, gravy and cranberry sauce as we suggest in the recipe below. Or, fill the turnovers with other side dishes your family typically serves for your holiday meal.
Over the years, my husband Jack and I have played around with different filling combinations – sometimes including leftover roasted mashed sweet potatoes, butternut squash, or even adding some of our pearl onions in cream sauce.
No matter what leftovers you use for the filling, we think a must-add ingredient is leftover cranberry sauce – the sweet-tart flavor adds a brightness to these Turkey & Stuffing Turnovers that can’t be beat!
This recipe originally appeared on A Family Feast in November 2013. We’ve updated the photos but the recipe remains the same.
More Turkey Leftover recipes:
- Turkey Pot Pie
- Turkey Soup with Potato Dumplings
- Sweet Onion Turkey Cheddar Pie
- New England Turkey Chowder
- Turkey Divan
Turkey & Stuffing Turnovers
Turkey & Stuffing Turnovers are a delicious (and easy!) way to use your Thanksgiving dinner leftovers to create a second meal your family will love!
- Prep Time: 30 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
- Total Time: 50 minutes
- Yield: 8 turnovers 1x
- Category: Appetizer, entree
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
4 ounces cold leftover cooked turkey, chopped
4 ounces cold leftover stuffing, broken up
4 ounces cold leftover turkey gravy
4 ounces leftover cranberry sauce
1 17.2-ounce box (2 ready-to-bake) Pepperidge Farm Puff Pastry Sheets
1 egg
Instructions
- Thaw both puff pastry sheets per box instructions for 40 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- While pastry sheets are thawing, in a small bowl, mix turkey, stuffing, gravy and cranberry sauce. Mix just to incorporate the ingredients
- Once dough is thawed, take each sheet and cut into four squares, for a total of eight squares.
- Divide filling between the eight squares keeping the filling in a triangle to one side.
- One at a time, wet two sides around filling with a tiny dab of water with your finger. Lift the opposite unfilled corner and bring it to the filled corner to make a triangle over filling and pinch two corners together. Lift it up and cup it in your hand and gently pinch all sides closed. If the filling starts to squeeze out, push it back with a spoon or your finger. Repeat for all eight making sure they are tightly sealed and place on parchment lined sheet pan with tips slightly turned to each other making a “U” shape. (You will need two sheet pans to fit eight in the oven.)
- Mix egg with a teaspoon of water and with a pastry brush; brush the tops of each turnover.
- Place pans in the oven and bake until browned and puffed, somewhere between 15-25 minutes depending on your oven – rotating the pans halfway through the baking to ensure even cooking. (If you are cooking a smaller quantity and only have one sheet pan in the oven, reduce the cooking time.)
These recipes look delicious!
Thanks Martha!
I am so making this right now! Just perfect for leftover Turkey! Sounds amazing.
Thanks Linda – Hope you love the recipe!
I made this tonight and it was delicious! This recipe is a keeper for future Thanksgiving leftovers! Thanks for posting this recipe, Martha!
Thanks Lisa! We’re very glad you liked the recipe!
Oh I love this! I remember eating so many open faced turkey sandwiches after Thanksgiving and this is such a wonderful alternative. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks Nicole!
Martha this is a brilliant idea! I am going to need to make extra stuffing this year
Thanks Heather!
Ok so I want leftovers NOW! Not November 29th – NOW! Hummm how can I make that happen?
LOL Tina! As food bloggers, we already cooked one turkey so we could photograph these dishes… 🙂 Thanks for visiting today!
What an amazing use of leftovers!
Thanks Chung-Ah! (And – ooo – That Sesame Ginger Salmon of yours looks delicious!!)
this is a good use for thanksgiving leftovers!
Thanks Dina!
What a wonderful idea! I have lots of puff pastry dough in the fridge, so I can’t wait to give this a try (after Thanksgiving of course)!
Thanks Anna! I hope you enjoy the recipe!
This is a fantastic idea, Martha! I’m putting this on my leftover list for sure 🙂
Thanks Becca!