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A lihapiirakka (, literally "meat pie") is an everyday Finland 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 and cooked rice and cooked by deep frying. It does not resemble a traditional English or American meat pie or turnover because it is made of doughnut mix and is deep fried. They are usually bought ready-cooked and are simply reheated in a microwave oven.
A larger and thicker form is also known as a möttönen. Two variants from Lappeenranta are atomi and vety ("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 Hot dog or some other type of sausage, or with kebab meat or some form of meat Beef mince. They are generally served with ketchup, mustard and a relish similar to Bostongurka.
The term lihapiirakka may also be used for a large rectangular turnover.
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