Ham, Cheese and Sweetcorn Turnovers – a great way to use up leftover gammon!

These delicious Ham, Cheese & Sweetcorn Turnovers (pasties) are the perfect way to use up a joint of gammon. Using a whole sheet of puff pastry there is zero waste and they’re so easy to make!

I love making my own joint of glazed gammon as it’s such an economic way of making several meals and this week I found a new way to use some of the leftovers. I decided to make some Ham, Cheese and Sweetcorn Turnovers after researching different pies and pasties.

For the decoration I was inspired by Michel Roux Jr from Masterchef after seeing him decorate a Pithivier with spiral lines drawn from the top outwards. I then went off piste and just had fun making up my own patterns, the children were very definite about which pattern they wanted to eat! 

Watching one of the contestants make the mistake of scoring the lines on his his Pithivier first and then egg washing, helped me to remember to do it the other way round otherwise the pattern doesn’t show!

I had wanted to make individual round Pithiviers but didn’t know if I’d have enough pastry so opted for the safe option of turnovers using the whole sheet of puff pastry.

I must say I will definitely be making these Ham, Cheese and Sweetcorn Turnovers again as the whole family loved them. You could easily add some leftover turkey meat or change things up by using cooked beef, sweet potatoes, peas etc. If you’re vegetarian you could just leave the ham out and add more vegetables!

As these Ham, Cheese and Sweetcorn Turnovers  are so frugal I’m entering them into Credit Crunch Munch which I run with Helen of Fuss Free Flavours and is being hosted this month by Sarah of Dinner with Crayons.

Divide the pastry and filling into 4 equal portions.

More leftover gammon/ham recipes

• Quiche Lorraine with Slow Cooked Pulled Gammon
• Lentil & Ham Soup
• Curried Egg Mayonnaise with Ham & Sweetcorn Jacket Potato

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Ham, Cheese and Sweetcorn Turnovers

Delicious puff pastry turnovers filled with ham, cheese, sweetcorn and onion, sure to be a family favourite!

Course Main

Cuisine British

Keyword cheese, Gammon, potato, sweetcorn

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 40 minutes minutes

Total Time 55 minutes minutes

Servings 4

Author Camilla Hawkins

Ingredients

• 225 g / 8 oz Potatoes chopped into 2cm chunks
• 40 g / 1 ½ oz Salted butter chopped up
• 110 g / 4 oz Cooked gammon/ham chopped
• ½ Medium onion finely chopped
• Handful of fresh or frozen sweetcorn
• 50 g / 2 oz Extra mature Cheddar cheese grated
• Pepper
• 375 g / 13 oz Pre-rolled puff pastry sheet
• Egg for egg wash

Instructions

• Boil the potatoes in salted water for about 15 minutes or until tender.
• Drain the potatoes and then add the onion, gammon/ham, cheese, sweetcorn, butter and pepper.
• Mash gently, leaving a few chunks and mix together thoroughly.
• Pre-heat the oven to 220°C.
• Roll the pastry sheet with a rolling pin to stretch slightly in both directions.
• Cut the sheet into 4 equal rectangles.
• Divide the mixture between the rectangles placing to one side to allow the other side to be folded over.
• Fold the pastry over the filling and seal with egg wash and crimp with a fork.
• Brush egg wash over the turnovers and if you want a pattern use a small sharp knife to score one onto the pastry being careful not to cut it. (It’s important to score the pattern after you’ve egg washed and not before or the pattern won’t show)
• Bake on a sheet of baking paper on a baking sheet for about 25 minutes until golden.
• Serve with lashings of ketchup and a nice salad.