Pie floater
Meat pie floating in thick pea soup
Think of it as: Like a pot pie that fell into split pea soup and stayed
A meat pie, drowning in pea soup.
What does it taste like?
Creamy peas, savory pie and sweet tomato sauce all work together.
SweetSpicySourSaltyFunkSmellTextureFlaky and thick
What is it?
A meat pie turned upside down in a bowl of thick green pea soup, topped with tomato sauce. It's a classic from the late-night pie carts of Adelaide.Source: Wikipedia
How locals eat it
A late-night pie cart favorite on cold evenings.
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MusicRock Powerful, no-nonsense guitar rock
SportAustralian rules football (cricket is popular too)
Ian Thorpe (swimming; five Olympic gold medals) World HeritageGreat Barrier Reef and more National animalKangaroo (unofficial) National flowerGolden wattle FestivalVivid Sydney (May-June, a festival of light)
Ingredients
- Meat pie 1
- Dried split peas 200 g
- Onion 1/2
- Stock cube 1
- Water 800 ml
- Tomato sauce, to taste
How to make it (one way)
- Put the peas, onion, stock cube and water in a pot
- Simmer about an hour until the peas break down
- Warm the pie in the oven
- Pour soup into a bowl and set the pie on top, upside down
- Add a big squeeze of tomato sauce
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