What do Americans call this?
@Whiskeyomega @storybookcat @mrluo @dennison
What you're describing with the sausage filling reminded me of a very regional US delicacy called the "pasty" -- "pasties" plural. They're wonderful!!
AFAIK they're unique in the US to Michigan's Upper Peninsula. But they have quite a European history.
https://www.ahealthiermichigan.org/2019/08/14/the-history-of-an-up-north-staple-pasties/