| Lihapiirakka | |
| Name Lang: | fi |
| Name Italics: | true |
| Alternate Name: | Finnish meat pie[1] [2] |
| Country: | Finland |
| Course: | Street Food |
| Main Ingredient: | Meat, rice, doughnut dough |
| Variations: | ,, |
| Other: | Street Food |
A (in Finnish pronounced as /ˈlihɑˌpiːrɑkːɑ/, literally "meat pie") is an everyday Finnish food sold in supermarkets and often available ready-to-eat as street food. It is a form of savoury pie or turnover made from doughnut dough and filled with a mixture of minced meat[2] [3] and cooked rice and cooked by deep frying.[4] It does not resemble a traditional English or American meat pie or turnover because it is made of doughnut mix and is deep fried.[5] They are usually bought ready-cooked and are simply reheated in a microwave oven.
A larger and thicker form is also known as a . Two variants from Lappeenranta are and ("atom" and "hydrogen"), where atomi contains either ham or egg, and vety includes both.
Traditionally the pastry is eaten whole. A contemporary way to have them is to split it in half and fill it with a frankfurter or some other type of sausage, or with kebab meat or some form of meat burger. They are generally served with ketchup, mustard and a relish similar to .
The term may also be used for a large rectangular turnover.[6]