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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
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Turkey & Stuffing Turnovers
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.)
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Devane Wright says
I used leftover garlicky, mushroom stuffing, chopped white meat turkey, a very thick scratch made turkey Gravy, and about a half cup of green bean cassarole. I added a smidgen of salt (because things were already WELL seasoned) black pepper, a minced mix of fresh herbs. Once mixed I added about a third cup of mix to each puff square. Served with a repurposed, leftover, candied yams into a candied pecan topped sweet potato soufle, and a little scratch made whole cranberry and orange sauce infused with rosemary, this SLAPS. I’ll never stop making it. I want to make it again with different fillings. Thanks!!
Martha says
You’re very welcome Devane! Love ALL of your filling ideas!
Carrie says
Great recipe! Can these be frozen once cooked and reheated?
Martha says
Yes – that should work although I’d suggest undercooking them just slightly if you plan to freeze them. Then I’d suggest reheating in the oven so they crisp up again.