Dough wrapped around a filling
Every culture that ever had flour and something precious to stretch further arrived at the same answer: wrap it in dough and cook it.
139 versions across the world · 139 on Polydish
Xiaolongbao—
delicate soup dumplings with a savory filling and rich broth inside.
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Gyoza—
Pork and cabbage filling in a thin wrapper, steam-fried to create a crisp bottom.
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Pierogi—
This Polish dumpling features a tender dough wrapped around a savory potato and cheese filling, often served with fried onions and sour cream.
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Momo—
These are pleated steamed dumplings filled with spiced meat or vegetables.
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Mandu—
Kimchi, tofu, and glass noodle filling in a dough wrapper, served steamed, pan-fried, or in soup.
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Bichak—
A Central Asian stuffed baked or fried pastry, similar to a turnover with various fillings.
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Bánh bao—
A ball-shaped bun filled with pork, chicken, and vegetables, typically steamed.
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Jalangkote—
A fried Indonesian dumpling filled with rice vermicelli, vegetables, potatoes, and egg.
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Pizza puff—
A deep-fried dough pocket filled with cheese, tomato sauce, and other pizza ingredients.
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Pyanse—
A Russian steamed bun or dumpling, typically filled with cabbage and meat.
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Modak—
A sweet dumpling, often steamed, with a filling of grated coconut and jaggery.
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Pierogi (Polish Dumplings)—
These Polish dumplings are a classic example of dough wrapped around various fillings, often boiled or pan-fried.
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Hamantash—
A triangular filled-pocket biscuit from Central European Jewish cuisine.
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Jamaican patty—
A semicircular pastry with various savory fillings and spices baked inside a flaky shell.
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Cheese Borek—
This Algerian dish consists of phyllo dough wrapped around a savory cheese filling.
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Wonton—
These Chinese dumplings are typically filled with meat or vegetables and often served in soup.
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Taro dumpling—
A deep-fried dim sum made from taro paste filled with pork, shrimp, and mushrooms.
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Runza—
A yeast dough bread pocket filled with ground beef, cabbage, and onions.
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Leberknödel—
Ground liver is mixed with bread and spices, then formed into dumplings.
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Burek—
Filo pastry wrapped around a minced beef and onion filling.
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Rogaliki (Polish Croissant Cookies)—
Polish croissant-shaped cookies made from a rich dough and filled with jam.
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Har Gow—
Steamed Chinese dumplings with whole shrimp encased in a translucent starch dough.
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Air Fryer Egg Rolls—
These Chinese egg rolls feature a savory filling wrapped in a thin wrapper and air-fried.
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Zhong Dumplings—
These Chinese dumplings are boiled and served cold with a distinctive sweet soy and chili oil sauce.
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Analı kızlı soup—
This Turkish soup includes bulgur-covered meatballs as a key component.
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Borș de burechiușe—
A Romanian soup featuring small pasta pockets filled with mushrooms.
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Murtabak—
A stuffed, pan-fried bread with a savory filling of mincemeat, egg, and vegetables.
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Siu Mai—
Ground pork and shrimp filling wrapped in a thin wheat wrapper, left open at the top and steamed.
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Salteña—
A Bolivian baked empanada with a savory-sweet meat and potato filling.
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Tamale—
A Mesoamerican dish of masa dough wrapped around various fillings and steamed in corn husks or banana leaves.
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Kachori—
A deep-fried, spicy, stuffed pastry with a flour dough and lentil or onion filling.
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Burro percherón—
A traditional dish, this is a larger variation of the classic burrito, featuring a tortilla filled with various ingredients.
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Breakfast burrito—
Breakfast ingredients wrapped inside a flour tortilla.
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Orama (dish)—
Central Asian steamed pie, made from rolled dough with a savory filling.
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Hallaca—
This Venezuelan dish features corn dough stuffed with stew and wrapped in plantain leaves.
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Fish fofos—
Fried fish dumplings, a savory filling encased in dough.
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Pastisset—
Fried pastries with various sweet fillings like jam or nuts.
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Jamaican Beef Patties—
Flaky pastry filled with spiced minced beef, a staple in Jamaican cuisine.
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Game pie—
Game meat encased in a pastry crust, a historical savory pie.
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Homity pie—
An open-faced savory pie with a potato, onion, and leek filling topped with cheese.
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Pirozhki—
Eastern European baked or fried yeast-leavened buns with various fillings.
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Uszka—
Small Polish dumplings filled with mushrooms or meat, similar to pierogi.
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Tequeño—
A spear of wheat dough stuffed with semi-hard white cheese and deep-fried.
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Coxinha—
Brazilian teardrop-shaped fritters with a creamy chicken and cheese filling encased in a potato-flour dough.
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Paste (pasty)—
This Mexican dish is a filled pastry, often savory, similar to a Cornish pasty.
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Briouat—
A sweet or savory filling wrapped in thin warqa pastry.
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Batagor—
Fried fish dumplings, a savory filling encased in dough.
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Pepperoni roll—
An Italian-American stuffed bread roll, typically with pepperoni.
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Shekerbura—
A sweet, half-moon shaped pastry filled with ground nuts and sugar.
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Chè trôi nước—
A Vietnamese dessert of glutinous rice dough filled with mung bean paste, served in syrup.
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Red peach cake—
A Teochew dumpling with a glutinous rice flour skin wrapped around a savory filling.
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Walnut Roll Gužvara—
A sweet bread roll with a rich walnut filling.
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Ada (food)—
Indian sweet parcels made from rice flour dough with sweet fillings, steamed in banana leaves.
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Hwangnam-ppang—
A Korean dessert with a sweet red bean paste filling encased in a small bread.
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Raviole du Dauphiné—
A French regional specialty, these are tiny ravioli with a cheese and fresh cheese filling.
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Curry puff—
A small, fried or baked pastry turnover filled with a savory curry mixture, often chicken and potato.
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Mutabbaq—
This version features minced meat, egg, and vegetables encased in filo pastry.
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Niño envuelto—
Thin slices of beef are wrapped around a filling of bread crumbs and cheese.
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Bourek (Algerian cuisine)—
Thin pastry sheets filled with various ingredients, then deep-fried or baked.
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Braised stuffed cabbage—
Cabbage leaves wrapped around a savory rice and chestnut filling, then braised.
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Banbury cake—
This oval puff pastry is filled with a spiced mixture of currants, mixed peel, and brown sugar.
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Speķrauši—
Baked bread rolls filled with finely chopped bacon and onions.
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Rice paper dumplings—
These Vietnamese dumplings use delicate rice paper to encase a savory filling.
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Barbecue pork buns—
Buns made from white bread mix filled with a savory-sweet pork mixture.
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Serviettenknödel—
Bread dumplings made from dried wheat rolls, milk, and eggs.
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Cornes de Gazelle (Gazelle Horns)—
An almond-filled pastry shaped like a horn.
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Casunziei—
A type of stuffed pasta with a filling sealed between two layers of thin dough.
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Tuna and Egg Briks—
Tunisian filo pastry parcels filled with tuna, egg, and vegetables, then fried.
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Lörtsy—
Half-moon shaped pastry with either a savory meat or sweet apple filling.
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Chocolate empanadas—
A filled pastry made with flour and cocoa, containing a sweet filling.
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Tatar böreği—
Turkish dough parcels, often triangular, filled with ground beef and served with yogurt.
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Tangbao—
These large Chinese steamed buns are famously filled with hot soup.
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Burrito—
Historically a regional name for a tortilla filled with food, now widely known as a wrapped meal.
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Stuffed leaves—
This Turkish dish involves leaves rolled around a filling of minced meat, grains, or both.
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Bourekas—
a baked turnover with various savory or sweet fillings, popular in Israeli cuisine.
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Sauerkraut pierogii—
Ukrainian dumplings filled with a savory mixture of sauerkraut and cabbage.
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Classic Tourtière—
A savory pie with ground beef and pork filling encased in pastry.
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Tourtiere—
A Canadian meat pie with a shortcrust pastry shell and a spiced minced meat and potato filling.
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Takoyaki—
Ball-shaped Japanese snack made of wheat flour batter cooked around a diced octopus filling.
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Pastel de Camiguín—
This Filipino sweet pastry features a soft, filled dough.
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Mini chilli beef pies—
Savory minced beef and vegetable filling encased in shortcrust pastry.
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Steak pie—
Stewing steak and gravy enclosed in a pastry shell, a classic savory pie.
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Sauerkraut pierogi—
Dough dumplings filled with sauerkraut and cabbage, typically boiled or pan-fried.
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Paszteciki (Polish Pasties)—
Polish pasties with a beef brisket filling in a flour dough.
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Jjinppang—
This Korean steamed bun holds a sweet red bean paste filling.
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Khinkali—
Large Georgian soup dumplings with a meat filling that creates broth when cooked.
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Jian dui—
Glutinous rice flour dough fried with a sweet filling and sesame seed coating.
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Strawberry Rhubarb Pie—
Sweet fruit filling baked within a pastry crust.
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Lamb and Potato pie—
A British pie featuring lamb and vegetables in gravy, topped with shortcrust pastry.
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Minced Beef Pie—
A British pie with minced beef and gravy, encased in shortcrust pastry.
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McSinghs Scotch pie—
A British pie with spiced lamb mince encased in a hot water crust pastry.
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Chicken Ham and Leek Pie—
A British savory pie with chicken, ham, and leek in a creamy sauce, enclosed in pastry.
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Cheese roll—
A New Zealand snack where a slice of bread is rolled around a cheese filling and toasted.
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Vegan Lasagna—
Pasta sheets layered with a rich lentil and vegetable filling and creamy sauce.
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Reshteh khoshkar—
An Iranian sweet pastry made from rice flour dough, filled with ground nuts and sugar, then fried.
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Scaccia—
A Sicilian stuffed flatbread made from a thin dough layer folded multiple times around a savory filling.
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Wontons—
Delicate dough wrappers filled with seasoned pork and vegetables, typically boiled or fried.
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Qingtuan—
This Chinese glutinous rice dumpling is colored green and filled with sweet bean paste.
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Gordita—
A Mexican masa dough pocket, often fried or griddled, and stuffed with various fillings.
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Enchilada—
A Mexican corn tortilla rolled around a filling and covered with a savory sauce.
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Polish doughnuts (Pączki)—
A Polish fried dough pastry filled with jam.
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Pie and mash—
the minced beef pie component of this British working-class meal.
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Taquito—
Small rolled-up tortillas filled with meat or cheese, then fried.
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Steak and Kidney Pie—
A savory pie with beef and kidney filling encased in pastry.
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Quesabirria—
birria-style beef and melted cheese folded into a griddled tortilla.
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Spanakopita—
A savory pastry made with layers of phyllo dough filled with spinach and feta cheese.
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Milk-cream strudel—
This strudel features pastry dough wrapped around a sweet filling of milk-soaked bread rolls, eggs, sugar, and spices.
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Egg tart—
This tart consists of a pastry crust encasing a sweet egg custard filling.
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Chelsea Buns—
These sweet buns are made from yeast dough rolled with a filling of butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, and dried fruit.
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Cumberland Pie—
A British savory pie with a beef filling topped with a pastry crust.
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Spinach & Ricotta Cannelloni—
An Italian dish of pasta tubes filled with spinach and ricotta, baked in tomato sauce.
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Zelnik—
Balkan pastry with layers of dough filled with cheese, meat, or vegetables.
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Flaouna—
A Cypriot baked good with a dough casing filled with cheese.
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Golabki (cabbage roll)—
Polish cabbage leaves wrapped around a filling of meat and rice, then cooked.
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Sarburma—
A traditional meat pie, often rolled or coiled, from Crimean Tatar cuisine.
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Three Fish Pie—
A British pie with a fish filling, often topped with mashed potato or pastry.
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Beef and Mustard Pie—
A savory pie with beef and vegetables encased in puff pastry.
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Gimbap—
Cooked rice and various fillings rolled in dried seaweed sheets.
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Enfrijoladas—
A Mexican dish where corn tortillas are rolled around a filling and then covered in a savory bean sauce.
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Torta de fiambre—
An Uruguayan dish where ham and cheese are baked within a dough, forming a savory pie or tart.
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Mushroom & Chestnut Rotolo—
This British dish features lasagne sheets rolled around a mushroom and chestnut filling, then baked.
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Ang ku kueh—
A sweet, glutinous rice flour dumpling, typically red and tortoise-shaped, with a sweet filling.
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Mince Pies—
A British sweet pastry with a fruit and spice filling encased in a dough shell.
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Vietnamese veg parcels—
Fresh spring rolls made with rice flour pancakes wrapped around rice noodles, chicken, and vegetables.
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Pain aux raisins—
This spiral viennoiserie is made from leavened dough rolled with a sweet raisin filling.
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Flapper Pie—
This pie features a graham cracker crust filled with a creamy custard and topped with meringue.
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Peanut butter bun—
This sweet bun is made from dough filled with a rich peanut butter mixture.
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Gevulde koek—
A Dutch pastry with a rich almond paste filling encased in shortcrust pastry.
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Melktert—
This dessert consists of a sweet shortcrust pastry filled with a creamy milk, flour, sugar, and egg custard.
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Beef Empanadas—
Uruguayan pastries with a dough crust wrapped around a spiced beef filling.
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Ziva (dish)—
A puff pastry filled with cheese and olives, often topped with sesame seeds.
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Spring onion and prawn empanadas—
Pastry pockets are filled with a savory mixture of spring onions, prawns, and feta.
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Beef and Oyster pie—
A savory pie featuring beef and oysters in a rich gravy, baked under a pastry crust.
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Meat and potato pie—
A pie with a pastry casing filled with meat and potato.
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Beef Wellington—
A beef fillet encased in mushroom duxelles, Parma ham, and puff pastry, then baked.
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Ngo hiang—
Minced meat/shrimp and spices wrapped in bean curd skin, typically deep-fried.
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Makmoura—
This large pie made of dough, chicken, onions, and olive oil is a regional specialty, fitting the idea of dough encasing a savory filling.
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Saskatoon Pie—
A sweet pie filled with Saskatoon berries, encased in pastry.
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Pirog—
A Russian yeast-leavened bun with various fillings, baked or fried.
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