The traditional Cornish pasty
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A pasty (sometimes known in the United States as a pastie or British pasty)
is a baked pastry, a traditional variety of which is particularly associated with Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. It is made by placing an uncooked filling, typically meat and vegetables, on one half of a flat shortcrust
pastry circle, folding the pastry in half to wrap the filling in a semicircle and crimping the curved edge to form a seal before baking.
The traditional Cornish pasty, which since 2011 has 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 as turnip) and onion, seasoned with salt and pepper, and is baked. Today, the pasty is the food most associated with Cornwall, it is regarded as the national dish, and it accounts for 6% of the Cornish food economy.
Pasties with many different fillings are made; some shops specialise in
selling all sorts of pasties.
The origins of the pasty are unclear, though there are many references to
them throughout historical documents and fiction. The pasty is now popular world-wide due to the spread of Cornish miners, and variations can be found
in Australia, the United States, Argentina, Mexico and elsewhere.
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