party pastie
A party pastie is an Australian term for a miniature pastie — a small, crimped pastry parcel filled with meat and vegetables, bite-sized and intended for serving at parties as finger food.
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A party pastie is an Australian term for a miniature pastie — a small, crimped pastry parcel filled with meat and vegetables, bite-sized and intended for serving at parties as finger food. Where a regular pastie is a meal in itself, a party pastie is the canapé version: two bites, pass the plate. A staple of Aussie barbecues and casual gatherings.
She put out a tray of party pasties and they were gone before she got back to the kitchen.
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(AU) A small pastie intended as a party snack.
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