Lihapiirakka: Difference between revisions

| name = Meat pocketLihapiirakka

| image name_lang = [[File:Lihapiirakka.jpg|250px]]fi

| course = [[Street Food]]

| type = [[Pie]]

| main_ingredient = meatMeat, [[rice]], [[doughnut]] dough

| variations = {{Lang|fi|Möttönen}}, {{Lang|fi|atomi}}, {{Lang|fi|vety}}

| other = [[Street Food]]

A '''meat doughnut{{Lang|fi|lihapiirakka}}''' (in [[Finnish language{{IPA-fi|Finnish]] ''Lihapiirakka''ˈlihɑˌpiːrɑkːɑ|-}}, literally "[[meat pie]]") is an everyday [[Finland|Finnish]] dishfood sold in supermarkets and often available hotready-to-eat fromas [[street kiosks selling fast food]]. It is a form of savoury meatpie doughnutor [[turnover (food)|turnover]] made from [[doughnut]] dough and filled with a mixture of minced meat<ref name=":2"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Harrin Grill Menu |url=https://www.harringrillikahvio.fi/doc/Harrin_grilli_hinnasto.pdf |website=Harrin Grill |access-date=4 April 2024}}</ref> and cooked rice and cooked by deep frying.<ref>{{cite web |title=Junnos Cakes |url=https://junnoscakes.fi/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/tuoteselosteet.pdf |website=Junnos Cakes Lihapiirakkas |access-date=4 April 2024}}</ref> It does not resemble a traditional English or American meat pie dueor toturnover thebecause useit is made of doughnut mix and theis factdeep thatfried.<ref>{{cite itweb is|title=The deepFinnish friedBistro |url=https://www.finnishbistro.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/BistroMenu110422Web.pdf |website=Finnish Bistro |access-date=4 April 2024}}</ref> They are usually bought ready -cooked and are simply reheated in a microwave oven.

A larger and thicker form is also known as a '''Möttönen{{Lang|fi|möttönen}}'''. Two Karelian variants from [[Lappeenranta]] are '''{{Lang|fi|atomi}}''' and '''{{Lang|fi|vety}}''' ("atom" and "hydrogen"), where ''vetyatomi'' contains either [[ham]] andor [[egg (food)|egg]], butand ''atomivety'' only one ofincludes theseboth.

Traditionally, ''lihapiirakka''the arepastry is eaten whole. A contemporary way to have them is to split andit thenin half and filledfill furtherit with a [[Hot dog|frankfurter]] or some other type of [[sausage]], or with [[döner kebab|kebab]] meat or some form of meat [[Beef mince|burger]]. Generally theyThey are generally served with [[ketchup]], [[Mustard (condiment)|mustard]] and a special cucumber accompaniment (chopped cucumber and onion in a sweet base,[[relish]] similar to {{Lang|sv|[[Bostongurka]]). Combination of these seasonings is called ''kaikilla mausteilla'' literally "with all condiments"}}.