What is the origin of a beef filled turnover? Is it called something else?

Question

I went to a restaurant years back in NYC and it was served with baklava. Would it be called beef filled turnover or knish or perhaps something else?

Answer 1

In Germans from Russia cooking, we call them Fleish Keuchla(spelling sucks, I know!)  Ground beef well seasoned in a dough pocket that was deep fried.  I believe Britain has one called a "pasty" and was made for mens lunch boxes.  The knish I have seen in recipe form had a potato onion filling but that doesn't mean someone didn't make it with beef as well.  Other ethnic groups have thier own versions too, I am sure.  Google meat pasty or meat turnover and see what pops up.

Answer 2

Also known as a Sambousa in the Middle East, Turkey, Northern Africa, Iran....

Answer 3

Pastry filled with beef is common to many cuisines, prepared a bunch of different ways, with different names.     Pasty (british), Pattie (caribbean), Pieroshki (Russian), Empenada (spanish/latin american).  Lots more too.