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A pastie is a large to medium-sized battered deep-fried round of Northern Ireland in your pocket
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A pastie is a large to medium-sized battered deep-fried round of minced meat
Ground meat, called mince or minced meat outside North America, is meat finely chopped by a meat grinder or a chopping knife. A common type of ground meat is ground beef, but many other types of meats are prepared in a similar fashion, incl ...
and vegetables common to Northern Ireland
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. Generally served with chips
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to form a "pastie supper" ("supper" in Northern Irish chip shops means something with chips), or in a white roll as a "pastie bap" or "pastie burger" it is a common staple in most fish and chip
Fish and chips is a hot dish consisting of battered and fried fish, served with chips. Often considered the national dish of the United Kingdom, fish and chips originated in England in the 19th century. Today, the dish is a common takeaway ...
shops in parts of the country.
Recipes vary, but the most common ingredients are minced pork, onion, potato and seasoning formed into a "round" (just like a burger), which is then covered in a batter mix and deep fried./ref> Traditionally, chip shops coloured the pastie's filling with a
cochineal dye
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, giving it a bright pink colour, supposedly to make the snack more appetising. Many shops have stopped using this method due to cochineal allergies.
See also
* Northern Irish cuisine *List of Irish dishes
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* Pastry
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* Pasty
A pasty () or Cornish pasty is a British baked turnover pastry, a variety of which is particularly associated with Cornwall, but has spread all over the British Isles, and elsewhere through the Cornish diaspora. It consists of a filling, ty ...
References
Northern Irish cuisine Deep fried foods Pork dishes {{UK-cuisine-stub