noun
pasty
A folded pastry filled with meat, vegetables, or other food.
She bites into a warm pasty filled with beef and potatoes.
Etymology
The French food-name belongs to the family of paste or dough. A pasty encloses its filling in a covering of pastry, retaining that central dough association.
More examples
- The bakery sells mushroom pasties alongside its meat-filled ones.
- Pinch the edges of each pasty closed before baking.
- I packed a pasty and an apple for lunch.
Forms
pasty · pasties
Similar words
- turnover
- A folded pastry often filled with fruit rather than meat.
- empanada
- A filled pastry associated with Spanish and Latin American cooking.