star gazey pie

Definition

Food

  • A fish pie from Cornwall made with whole pilchards cooked beneath a crust of pastry with their heads poking up through the pastry around the rim of the dish. The pie also contains a sauce flavoured with onion, bacon, parsley, vinegar or cider and seasoning, which is thickened with breadcrumbs and eggs.
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