Top 16 North American Savory Pies

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Beefcake Cafe in Glasgow is known for producing a variety of savory pies. Their menu includes options made with high-quality beef, incorporating both traditional and innovative recipes.

The cafe places a strong emphasis on locally sourced ingredients to ensure freshness and support local producers. Beefcake Cafe also offers vegetarian and vegan pie options to cater to diverse dietary preferences.Expand

Tourtière is a traditional spiced meat pie that is often prepared between Christmas and New Year's Eve, but since it is so savory and fragrant, it doesn't stay on the menu for too long. Usually made with pork, it sometimes also includes beef for a different texture and flavor. The meat is additionally enhanced with lots of onions, diced or mashed potatoes, and spices such as cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and allspice. The mixture of meat, herbs, and vegetables is served under a lid of golden, flaky pastry dough, making it an ideal winter meal. Some sources say that the meat pies came to Canada with French immigrants in the 17th century, while some locals claim that it is a Québécois invention, originally using game meat instead of beef and pork. The dish takes its name from the round tin mould in which both sweet and savory tarts are traditionally baked. Today, this festive twist on a classic Christmas pie is usually served with cranberry sauce, pickled beets, or anything sweet and sour with a kick, pairing nicely with the spicy meat and the flaky crust.Expand

Comforting and hearty, chicken pot pie is an American and Canadian savory pie that has a top crust made with flaky pastry and a filling of chicken and vegetables such as peas, potatoes, onions, and carrots. There is no set recipe, and other ingredients can be included. As far as method goes, the pie can be prepared in the oven, on the stovetop, or in an iron pie over an open fire. Also, although it's traditionally considered that chicken pot pie only has a top crust, it's common to find double-crusted ones. Still, chicken pot pie is just one kind of pot pie, albeit the most famous one, and there are pot pies with beef, lamb, and turkey. Pot pie is a popular dish with a long and vivid history, dating back to the Roman Empire when it was regularly served at banquets. The ancient custom of pot pie was revived in 16th-century England when cooks used to make meat pies with tiny, gooseberry-stuffed birds on the inside. The popularity of pot pies soon spread to other countries, so in the 19th century, Americans became obsessed with a pot pie that featured robins in it. Today, pot pie is an American tradition and comfort food of the first order. It even has its own day, known as the National Great American Pot Pie Day, celebrated annually on September 23rd.Expand

Pasteles are rectangular meat pies filled with a variety of ingredients, encased in masa dough that is then wrapped in a single banana leaf. The dough can be made with numerous ingredients such as cassava, taro, potatoes, or green bananas. The fillings are usually prepared with pork or chicken, with the addition of herbs and spices such as coriander and garlic, used to bring out the flavor of the meat. The typical condiments served with pasteles are ketchup, tabasco, or pique criollo, a hot sauce made from local hot chilis that have been pickled in vinegar. The history of pasteles is debated, as some say that they originate from Taino Indians who were already living on the island when Columbus arrived, while the others claim they were invented by African slaves who used to work on sugar plantations. Whatever the answer is, the fact remains that these flavorful meat pies are loved by young and old alike and bring the whole family together.Expand

Michigan pasty is a traditional specialty of Upper Michigan. It contains a crust that is filled with ground beef, ground pork, rutabaga, onions, potatoes, and carrots. The filling is typically seasoned only with salt and pepper, while the crust is prepared with flour, salt, water, and shortening. These pasties are often served with dips – there is still an ongoing debate about what to dip the pasty in – either ketchup or gravy.Expand

Pâté chinois is a popular Quebec dish consisting of a layer of ground beef, a layer of whole or creamed corn, and another layer of mashed potatoes on top. This comfort food staple can be found throughout most cafeterias in Quebec, where it is traditionally served with tomato ketchup on the side. The name of the dish means Chinese pie, and it is believed that it was invented during the building of the Canadian railway in the 19th century by Chinese cooks, who adapted it from the famous shepherd's pie.Expand

Salmon pie is a delicious, comforting, and inexpensive dish from the Canadian region of Québéc. It consists of a pie crust that is filled with a combination of mashed potatoes and cooked salmon, along with spices and other ingredients such as black pepper, parsley, thyme, eggs, and onions, depending on the varieties. It is then baked until golden brown in color, and when it is served, salmon pie can be additionally garnished with a few dollops of sour cream.Expand

This layered meat pie is typically made with meat such as moose, hare, partridge, veal, pork, beef, or chicken. It is believed that the name cipaille originated from sea-pie, an identical pie that is made with meat, fish, or seafood, although some claim that the dish is derived from a layered meat pie called pâte-royale, where the dough needed to be folded six times, hence the other name of the pie, six-pâtes. Nowadays, the alternating layers of pastry and seasoned meat in cipaille are usually submerged in stock, and the pie is then left to simmer in a pot.Expand

Cheeseburger pie is a savory American pie that’s especially popular in Kansas, the biggest producer of beef in the United States. It’s usually made with a combination of ground beef, onions, cheddar cheese, cornstarch, sour cream, milk, eggs, salt, pepper, and a pie crust. The meat and cheese are cooked with the other ingredients, and the resulting mixture is then poured into pie shells. The pie is baked until golden brown and puffy. It’s usually served as a simple and comforting weeknight meal.Expand

Crawfish pie is a traditional savory American pie originating from Louisiana. These pies usually consist of a pie shell that's filled with a combination of crawfish tails, bell peppers, green onions, garlic, stock, parsley, milk, butter, cornstarch, and seasonings. The ingredients are cooked until the mixture thickens, and the filling is then poured into the pie crust. The pie is baked in the oven until the crust becomes golden brown and the filling is bubbling. This Cajun delicacy is especially popular on weekends. Interestingly, crawfish pie was even mentioned in the Hank Williams song Jambalaya (On the Bayou).Expand

Natchitoches are traditional meat pies originating from Louisiana. These small, savory pies are filled with a combination of ground beef and pork, onions, garlic, red bell peppers, celery, oregano, red pepper, black pepper, and cayenne pepper. The pie dough is made from flour, lard, eggs, whole milk, and baking powder. It's rolled and cut into circles that are filled and folded so the meat pies look like half-moons. The pies are fried in hot oil until golden brown, then drained and served. In the past, the pies were usually sold from street carts, but nowadays you can even order frozen Natchitoches meat pies online.Expand