Give our Flawless Cheese and Bacon Turnovers recipe a go today, the perfect Breakfast, Lunch, Snack, or even served up with beans and chips for dinner!
Anyone who has visited a Greggs Bakery would probably have seen, smelt & tasted their Cheese and Bacon Wraps?!
Well, I have good news for you, YOU can make them easily at home!
My daughter is a fussy eater, but this is one of her favourites. So I asked her to take the reins and cook this for us this time, whilst I took photos of her making them!
She is 11 years old and a keen cook (but only food she will eat!!)
How to make a Gregg's Cheese & Bacon Wrap?
Check out our video with step by step guide on how to make these turnovers at home. See the recipe card for full ingredients and cooking times.
First, you will need to cook your bacon off in a pan until cooked to your preference. We only cooked ours lightly but if you like it crispy you can make it crispy!
Next, roll your ready-rolled puff pastry flat and cut into 6 equal(ish) squares. Place the pre-cooked bacon diagonally across the pastry, and add a generous handful of cheddar.
What Bacon and Cheese to use for turnovers?
You can use streaky bacon or back bacon, smoked or unsmoked? The choice is yours!
We used mild cheddar for the kids and a mature cheese for the adults to give a richer taste!
Now fold one corner over the cheese and then the other one over the top of that corner. Brush over all the exposed pastry with a beaten egg.
Lay onto a baking tray leaving enough space between them for the pastry to puff a little.
Cook in a preheated oven at 190°c for 15-20 minutes, remove when they are golden and flaky!
How to serve Cheese and Bacon Turnovers?
Best served straight from the Oven, whilst the cheese is still melted!
Any leftovers should be kept in the fridge you can have them cold or reheated in the microwave for about 1 minute.
This recipe makes 6 big turnovers, if you wanted you could make 8 or 12 smaller ones!
Flawless Cheese and Bacon Turnovers
Ingredients
- 6 Bacon Your choice of Streaky/Back Bacon and Smoked/Unsmoked
- 1 Sheet Puff Pastry Ready Rolled
- 130 grams Cheddar Cheese Your choice of mild or mature
- 1 Egg Whisked
Instructions
- Preheat the oven at 190°c , 375F
- Fry the bacon over a medium heat until cooked to your preference, place to one side.
- Roll out the ready rolled puff pastry, cut the pastry into 6 equal(ish) Squares
- Lay the Bacon across the pastry diagonally, top with a handful of cheese.
- Now fold one corner over the cheese and then the other one over the top of that corner.
- Coat any exposed pastry with the whisked egg, place them on a tray with a gap between to allow them to puff!
- Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes, until golden.
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Our Flawless Cheese and Bacon Turnovers are the perfect treat for all occasions, everyone loves them!
Thank you to my daughter Zara for making this and showing you all how easy it is!
She will be cooking for us more often, don't forget to leave her some comments below to let her know how good the recipe is!
If you liked this check out this Sundried Tomato, Bacon & Mozarella Swirls recipe. Another great recipe using puff pastry!
So very tasty!
Thank you Alexa 🙂
Hi just wondering do you all use greaseproof paper on yor baking tray,when making these?🙂
Hi Janet
Thanks for the question?
We use parchment paper when cooking our turnovers but you can use tin foil or grease the baking tray.
Hope this helps and you enjoy the recipe 🙂
Hi Janet
Thanks for the question?
We use parchment paper when cooking our turnovers but you can use tin foil or grease the baking tray.
Hope this helps and you enjoy the recipe 🙂
Has anyone tried freezing them and having them cold in a lunch box?
Merci Zara! Delicieux, Je reviendrais pour d'autres recettes! 🤗
Hi Marie
Zara said your most welcome and glad you enjoyed the cheese and bacon turnovers, they are a big hit in our home:)
Enjoy!!
Love that you used puff pastry in these. They look fabulous. Gonna share recipe with family.
We are making these tomorrow (Christmas Eve) so we can reheat for a Christmas morning breakfast treat for the family!
I have made these at home for my kids for years, another twist is to use mozzarella instead of cheddar the kids love the stringyness of the mozzarella
Yes, my daughter loves stringy mozzarella cheese! I prefer a nice strong sharp cheddar!
These cheese and bacon turnovers are to die for. I think they're a great snack but having them with beans and chips for dinner as this post recommended is also great!
A perfect midweek dinner for the kids!
Being able to buy puff pastry makes these so fast, yet so special. Everyone loves them, thank you! Truly flawless. 😉
My heavens, such a simple idea that turns into a fantastic recipe. I have all the ingredients and yet I've never thought about putting them together. My mouth is watering just looking at the turnovers. They would be perfect for my brunch next weekend.
These turnovers look incredible! What a great and fun breakfast idea!
These look incredible! I love the flaky, saltiness of them and so easy to make too! Definitely trying ^_^
My mouth is watering just looking at them! I think I'm going to surprise my hubby and make it for him tomorrow morning!
Hope he loved them!?
Oh how I love turnovers! Especially when they are filled with Cheese. This Cheese and Bacon Turnover recipe looks really delicious and mouthwatering!
We all wait with drooling faces for them to come out of the oven!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE that your daughter made this! I try to have my kids involved in the kitchen as much as important. It is so important and helps them (hopefully, with my picky eater!) helps them try more things too!
Yes, my daughter is fussy but managing to win her round when she makes it herself!
Oh my gosh!! Melty cheese, bacon and all in a handy puff pastry packet! Yes, Please!
Hard to resist! 😉
I am not familiar with the original bakery ones, but your kiddo did deliver a fantastic job here! They look professionally made! Hope to see more of Zara's helping in the future!!
She is desperate to do more!!! So sure you will see her on here again 😉
What a lovely post! Zara - you did a fantastic job, and I hope you'll be helping out with recipes even more in the future! My own two kids are 18 now (they're twins) and they've been helping with the cooking and our family's food blog for nearly 8 years now - it's so wonderful to work on recipes together! 😀 And DEFINITELY thank you for sharing this recipe!! As far as I know, there aren't any Greggs Bakery locations here in America, and oh my goodness, it looks like we're REALLY missing out! So glad these are such a snap to make at home! Yum!
Shelley, thank you for your lovely comment! I have 4 kids and 2 of them love to help us in the kitchen, they keep asking to make their own blog with all kids recipes..... not a bad idea, but need more time!!
These sound delicious and I am sure my kids will love them.
We all love them in this house!!
Theses look really scrumptious with no greggs at moment giving these a try
Hi Gillian
Thanks for your comment
Hope you enjoy these turnovers, we loved this recipe
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