pasty
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A pasty () is a British baked turnover pastry, a variety of which is particularly associated with Cornwall and Devon, but has spread all over the British Isles, and elsewhere through the Cornish diaspora. It consists of a filling, typically meat and vegetables, baked in a folded and crimped shortcrust pastry circle.
Key facts
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- Pasty
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- A Cornish pasty
- Food.country
- England
- Food.region
- Cornwall, Devon
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- Main, snack
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- A pastry case traditionally filled with beef skirt, potato, swede and onion
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- History
- Cornish pasty
- Definition and ingredients
- Variations
- Shape
- In other regions
- Culture
- Literature
- Superstitions, rhymes and chants
- Giant pasties
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
A pasty () is a British baked turnover pastry, a variety of which is particularly associated with Cornwall and Devon, but has spread all over the British Isles, and elsewhere through the Cornish diaspora. It consists of a filling, typically meat and vegetables, baked in a folded and crimped shortcrust pastry circle.
The traditional Cornish pasty, which since 2011 has had Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) status in Europe, is filled with beef, sliced or diced potato, swede (also known as yellow turnip or rutabaga – referred to in Cornwall and other parts of the West Country as turnip) and onion, seasoned with salt and pepper, and baked. Today, the pasty is the food most associated with Cornwall. It is a traditional dish and accounts for 6% of the Cornish food economy. Pasties with many different fillings are made, and some shops specialise in selling pasties.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “pasty” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.