Guava pâtés (West Indian turnovers)

Guava jam pâtés are also called West Indian turnovers because of their shape. However, if they can recall the French apple turnover by the curves similar to this one, the similarities end there because the Martinican turnover uses a crunchy dough such as shortbread or shortcrust pastry when the apple turnover uses puff pastry. Be careful, we called this recipe guava pâté because guava jam is the most popular but you can use any West Indian jam (bananas, tamarinds, pineapples or others).