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Best Meat and potato pie in Sydney

“Less than 50% meat—potato is the anchor, not the afterthought.”

Meat and potato pie

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Meat and potato pie is a popular variety of pie eaten in England. Meat and potato pie comes in many versions and consists of a pastry casing containing: potato, either lamb or beef, and sometimes carrot and/or onion. It is often steak and kidney with a layer of potatoes. They can often be bought in a speciality pie shop, a type of bakery concentrating on pies, or in a chip shop. A meat and potato pie has a similar filling to a Cornish Pasty and differs from a meat pie in that its content is usually less than 50% meat. They can be typically eaten as take-aways but are a homemade staple in many homes. In 2004, ITV's The Paul O'Grady Show voted the produce of The Denby Dale Pie Company as the UK's best Meat and Potato Pie. In 2017, Martin Appleton-Clare set a new speed eating record at the World Pie Eating Championship in Wigan, Greater Manchester. Appleton-Clare retained his title, by finishing the meat and potato pie in 32 seconds.

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A meat and potato pie is a distinctly English affair—pastry wrapped around potato, beef or lamb, sometimes brightened with carrot or onion. What sets it apart from its cousin, the Cornish Pasty, is restraint: the filling tips less than 50% meat, letting the potato breathe and anchor the pie's backbone. You'll find them steaming in chip shops and pie specialists across England, or made at home by people who know exactly how they like theirs built.

Order it here when it has

  • versatile filling combinations
  • takeaway convenience
  • popular across England

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