Within certain countries, various regions proudly boast their own specific pie. It’s funny because my ten-year-old son eats savory pastries that way (he scoops out the insides) and he hates washing his hands! ( Log Out /  Miners brought them down for lunch because they were portable, stayed warm and were very filling – my guess is the presence/amount of meat depended a lot on how much money the family had. Hello, becket!! The Cornish history is wicked cool!

Then the crust could be thrown away and they wouldn’t contaminate themselves with any germs or metal ore. ( Log Out /  ❤ Becket. Copper and iron mining are what brought the Cornish tin miners here along with their pasties (pronounced Past-ees). Any where there are miners there are pasties. I) I’ve also heard, (but never seen), that originally pasties would have a savoury end and a sweet end, fruit or jam, so the same pasty, provides a whole meal.

Turnover: A turnover is a type of pastry made by placing filling on a piece of dough, folding the dough over, sealing the edges, and baking it. ( Log Out /  Spinach flan or leek and bacon flan are examples of savory flans. You can find a Cornish immigrant population in the northern states of Mexico. Prosaically, it is because the miners would have dirty hands, and I understand that this would include contaminants like arsenic salts. You could wrap one up in a handkerchief and take it in your pocket for lunch.

(That I can think of, anyway!).

It just seems strange, when they’re all over the world (home-made savory pastries), and we’re from all over the world around here. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Hmmmmm. Rutabagas are often optional in local pasty shops. Pasties are a big regional thing where my dad is from, Upper Peninsula Michigan. This list may not reflect recent changes (). Suprisingly, there’s a pasty shop in Tempe, Arizona by the name of The Cornish Pasty Co. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. They’re filled with rutabaga, potatoes, carrots, and onion. Susan Marie Andersson / Getty Images. Pages in category "Savoury pies" The following 92 pages are in this category, out of 92 total. I would try something with chickpea flour, rice flour or cornmeal. It makes sense. I’ve got to admit it – I’m fascinated by savory pastries! Hurrah!) In the pastry world there are two definitions for flan. (1) A single-crust (open) pie with a sweet or savory custard filling. Everybody that came here seems to have some version, but we don’t really have anything typically American. Claire, have you experimented with pastries that are gluten-free? ( Log Out /  As the miners couldn’t wash their hands effectively, they would hold the pasty by the crust and then dispose of the crust. There is even a Cousin Jack festival up here each year. This is the type of pasty shop you’ll find spread across England where they are restaurant chains like our fast food joints here. Cornwall has the cornish pasty, while one small region of south London is famous for a certain kind of meat pie to be served with mash, parsley sauce (liquor) and, well, eels. Savory pastries have enjoyed universal popularity because they are sturdy and portable. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. It can be sweet or savory, with other ingredients added, and is used to make baked goods such as pies and tarts. Samosas, empanadas, meat pies and pasties, calzones, it goes on and on! Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Their history, their travels, their construction. Or pack it into your basket for a picnic. I’m from a mining area in Northern Minnesota, and pasties are definitely popular on the Iron Range. I love a challenge! So many types of crust, endless possibilities for fillings and accompanying sauces…it’s a joy to think about all of the ways tastes and textures can combine in a savory pie.

Fascinating! Samosas, empanadas, meat pies and pasties, calzones, it goes on and on! Change ). This is a list of pastries, which are small buns made using a stiff dough enriched with fat.Some dishes, such as pies, are made of a pastry casing that covers or completely contains a filling of various sweet or savory ingredients.. That sounds like a cornish pastie. Pastries can however also refer to the (usually sweet) baked goods themselves that are made of pastry, such as croissants, tarts or a Danish. It’s the carrots that caused a ruckus because the Finns introduced them to pasties and gave the purists the schpilkas!

Many times, a version of a certain savory pastry would start in one country, and, with imperialism & colonialism, would spread all over the world, changing slightly everywhere it went, to suit the local ingredients. (2) A single-crust pie filled with pastry cream (crème pâtissière) and topped with fruit. Chicken pot pie is about the only one I can think of that was fairly common to most of America. Aha! We have pasties here in Northern California as well. I can’t believe America doesn’t have more savory pastries. Probably began in Spain as a large, flat pie. I did an entire chapter of my dissertation on this. There’s a couple of reason for the thick pastry crust on a Cornish pasty.