The go-to handheld lunch for millions of Brits every day, for good reason, it’s the King. Seasoned pork sausage wrapped in flaky pastry.
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In Scotland we just call them “pies”. A staple at football matches, they’re a traditional hot water pastry shell filled with juicy seasoned beef (including a lot of black pepper). The lid is slightly lower than the sides to allow for gravy, mash, or baked beans to be placed on top, but shoving it in your face by hand, perhaps with a squirt of ketchup, is the preferred method of delivery for football fans and lunch-rushers across the nation.
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Another Scottish delicacy. When British bakery chain Greggs removed these from their Scottish menus a few years ago, there was national outcry and petitions to bring them back. Hot water crust filled with cheesy mac AKA carb overload. So wrong yet so right.
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If the sausage roll is the King of savory pastries then the Steak Bake is a giant portrait of Henry VIII that hangs in the dining room. Regal. Braised beef chuck in a rich gravy, wrapped in layers of golden pastry.
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Bite-sized pieces of tender chicken breast, peas and carrots, in a delicious creamy sauce, wrapped in puff pastry. I have no monarchy analogies left.
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This might seem weird to Canadians but just think of it as the British version of a bean burrito (but way better, sorry Mexico). Flaky pastry filled with tomato-y baked beans, nuggets of pork sausage, and aged cheddar cheese.
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