Paste (pasty)
| Paste | |
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| Savoury pie | |
| Place of origin: | |
| Mexico | |
| Region or state: | |
| Hidalgo | |
| Recipes at Wikibooks: | |
 Paste | |
| Media at Wikimedia Commons: | |
 Paste |
A paste (Spanish: [ˈpaste]) is a small pastry produced in the state of Hidalgo in central Mexico and available in the surrounding area.[1] Pastes are stuffed with a variety of fillings including potates and ground beef, apples, pineapple, sweetened rice, or other typical Mexican ingredients, such as tinga and mole. Pastes are considered typical local cuisine.
Pastes vs. empanadas
The difference between pastes and empanadas is that with pastes, as in a proper Cornish pasty, the filling ingredients are not cooked before they are wrapped in the pastry casing.[2][3][4][5] With empanadas some if not all of the ingredients have been precooked. The "tinga" and "mole sauce" preparations are then better classified as empanadas because of the cooking of the sauces and meats before they are wrapped in the pastry. In Real Del Monte we define as empanada the one done using a light, flaky, leavened pastry containing several layers of dough, while Paste is using a firm and thin layer of dough.[citation needed]
History
The Paste has its roots in the Cornish Pasty, introduced by miners and builders from Cornwall, United Kingdom who were contracted in the towns of Mineral del Monte and Pachuca in Hidalgo, from 1824.[6] For centuries the Cornish pasties have been filled with virtually every possible ingredient, although the meat, potatoes and onions seems to be most common. When brought to Mexico the list of possible ingredients expanded. There are over thirty paste vendors in the town of Mineral del Monte, where paste making has expanded while mining has declined.[6]
The first International Paste Festival was held in October 2009 in Mineral del Monte,[7] and it quickly became an annual event.[6] For the three-day event, the town is transformed into a paste market with tented stands lining the main street and pastes with a huge variety of contents are for sale. There are a variety of activities during the fiesta including historical tours[8] and demonstrations of traditional pasty making.[7] A large stage next to the Miner's Memorial provides music other entertainments throughout the festival. The first festival was attended by some 8,000 folk[7] while the third one in 2010 drew more than 20,000.[6]
In 2011, a museum to the paste opened in Mineral del Monte.[6]
Photo gallery
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Pastes Kiko's, a chain specializing in pastes located in Pachuca
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Pastes Tejada located in Real del Monte, near Pachuca
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Woman preparing pastes for baking in Pastes Tejada
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Pastes ready for baking
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Baked pastes, ready-to-eat
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Pastes filled with mole verde
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Paste bought near Metro Revolución, Mexico City
See also
References
- ↑ "Pastes (Spanish)". Turismo del Gobierno del Estado de Hidalgo. Archived from the original on 11 June 2007.
- ↑ Various (2008). Children's Outdoor Cookery with Fanny and Johnnie. Read Books. ISBN 978-1-4097-9139-3. Retrieved 2010-07-13.
- ↑ Jennifer McLagan and Leigh Beisch. Fat: An Appreciation of a Misunderstood Ingredient. Retrieved 2010-03-13.
- ↑ Ann Chandonnet. Gold Rush Grub. Retrieved 2010-03-13.
- ↑ Michael Raffael. "The Cornish pasty". Retrieved 2010-03-13.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Millward, David (14 November 2011). "World's first Cornish pasty museum opens in Mexico". The Daily Telegraph (UK).
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "1st International Paste Festival, Real del Monte". The Cornish Mexican Cultural Society / Sociedad Cultural Cornish Mexicana. 30 November 2009. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011.
- ↑ The Cornish Cemetery contains over 750 graves, predominantly of miners and their dependents from Cornwall. "Panteón de los Ingleses, Mineral del Monte". 4 May 2009. Archived from the original on 25 June 2011.
External links
- Historic links between Cornwall UK and the Pachuca/Real del Monte area in Hidalgo, Mexico
- "The Cornish in Latin America". UK: Cornish History Network, University of Exeter.