Lörtsy [SEP] country of origin
Lörtsy
Lörtsy is a thin, half-moon shaped pastry originally invented in Savonlinna, eastern Finland. It can be made with a variety of fillings; the most common ones are either a savoury meat filling or a sweet apple filling.
A meat lörtsy contains a meat and rice filling similar to the Finnish meat pie. Street vendors may offer it with the same condiments as the meat pie, such as a pickled cucumber and chopped raw onion, and with an optional hot dog sausage. When served with condiments on
. It is very popular in Turkey in places where a Tatar community exists, especially in Eskişehir. It may be compared with samosa and is popularly served as a street food.
See also.
- Curry puff
- Empanada
- Gözleme
- Haliva, a similar Circassian pastry
- Khuushuur, a similar kind of meat pastry in Mongolian cuisine
- Lángos
- List of stuffed dishes
- Lörtsy, a similar kind of pastry in Finnish cuisine
- Pastel (food)
- Pasty