stuffed pastry

Pocket of filling

A stuffed pastry is a baked dough shell filled with sweet or savory ingredients.

The category includes turnovers, empanadas, samosas, and countless regional variations.

The filling—meat, cheese, fruit, vegetables—is enclosed before baking: She picked up a stuffed pastry from the bakery case.

Related

street food · pierogi · ravioli · wonton · filling · dough · flaky · golden · crispy · savory · meat · cheese · baked · golden brown · fried · pocket · folded · wrapped

Opposites
filling presence

stuffed pastryplain bread

Untoasted, unspread loaf

baguette · dinner roll · breadstick · cracker · shortbread

structural enclosure

stuffed pastrypizza

Topped flatbread dish

galette · bruschetta · crostini · fruit tart · quiche

Family

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Familiarity
Top 20,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G