Patty

A ground beef hamburger patty
Alternative names	Burger
Type	Main dish,Sandwich
Serving temperature	Hot
Main ingredients	Ground meat,meat alternatives, vegetables, grains, and/or legumes
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Apatty is a flattened, usually round,serving ofground meat orlegumes,grains,vegetables, ormeat alternatives. Common ground meat used includebeef,bison,elk,turkey,chicken,ostrich, andsalmon. Patties are found in multiple cuisines throughout the world.

The ingredients are compacted and shaped, usually cooked, and served in various ways.

The term originated in the 17th century as an English alteration of the French wordpâté, originally meaning a pastry with a meat filling, and later the filling itself.^[1]

The term "patty" is used in many varieties ofEnglish, but less frequently inBritain andIreland than in theUnited States.^[2] Merriam-Webster defines it as "a small flat cake of chopped food",^[3]Cambridge as "pieces of food, especially meat, formed into a thin, circular shape and then usually cooked".^[4] In some countries, patties may be called "discs."^[5]

Similar-shaped cakes not made from ground beef may also be called "burgers": "fish burgers" may be made from reshapedmechanically separated meat.^[6] Patties made from chicken meat may be called chicken patties.^{[citation needed]}

Veggie burger patties are made without meat and instead use legumes, grains, other mixed vegetables, and/or soy products such astofu ortempeh orseitan, a product made of wheat gluten, often mixed with a binding agent.^[7][8][9]

Patties can be breaded and deep-fried, producingcroquettes such ascrab cakes.^[10] InIreland, traditionalchippers often servebatter burgers (a beef-based patty dipped inbatter anddeep fried). A batter burger served as a sandwich is called awurly burger, and is believed to have been invented by the Mona Lisa chipper inCrumlin, Dublin.^[11] In Japan theKorokke is an example.^[12]Rissoles are meat (typically beef), or fish and other ingredients, coated in breadcrumbs or less frequently battered, and deep-fried; they are found in various European cuisines.^[13]

Patties can be treated as acutlet and eaten with a knife and fork in dishes likeSalisbury steak, the GermanHamburg steak, or the Serbo-Croatianpljeskavica, or with chopsticks in dishes such asSongjeongtteok-galbi.^[14][15] Other examples include the RussianPozharsky cutlet.^[16][17]

Aloo tikki is a potato patty that originated in the Indian subcontinent.^[18] A related dish isragda pattice, which covers the potato patty in a gravy.^[19]

Anarepa is a dish ofmaize and other ingredients shaped into a patty andgriddled; it has been eaten in parts of Central and South American sincepre-Columbian times.^[20]

Gefilte fish is often served as aquenelle, a patty shaped into a flattened egg.^[21]

Patties are often served assandwiches, typically inbuns, making a type of sandwich called a "burger", or ahamburger if the patty is made fromground beef, or sometimes between slices of bread.^{[citation needed]} An Americanpatty melt is a ground beef patty topped with melted cheese (typicallySwiss) served on toasted bread, typicallyrye.^[22]

InIreland, traditionalchippers often serve sandwiches calledspice burgers.^[23]

In Japan and Korea, a ground beef patty is sometimes served as a sandwich on a "bun" made of compressed rice; the sandwich is called arice burger.^[24]

Some patties, likesteak tartare and Middle Easternkibbeh nayeh, are served raw.^[25][26]

Commercially produced patties are machine-formed.^[9]

Withmass-produced patties, it is not uncommon to find them with seemingly abnormal shapes or a bumpy perimeter. These groove-like bumps are caused by the machine that forms the patties. They are used in production to keep the patties in line, so they will not fall off the assembly line, and can be manipulated by the various machines. In other boxed patties, small punctures can be seen in the top and bottom sides of the patty. These punctures are there for similar reasons.^{[citation needed]}

• World cuisine
• Ground meat

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