Meat pie of Louisiana. Natchitoches is a town in Louisiana; the name is pronounced Nack-a-tish. Meat pies are not common in most US cuisine, in contrast to the popular pot pies, though the distinction isn't very well defined. Latin American meat empanadas may be pies or more often pasties; different pastry shells and fillings are used, and they may be baked or fried. Empanadas usually contain lots of onion and green or red pepper, in combination with meat or fish. Empanada dough takes many forms, from those made with cornmeal to puff pastry. Ground beef with olives, fried egg, pulled pork, diced
Salmon pie Salmon pie Salmon pie is a pie or variant of "tourtière" filled with salmon. In Ireland, the most popular form of salmon pie resembles more chicken pie, where distinct pieces of salmon are cooked in the pie, in a sauce resembling "suprême sauce", in the base of which other ingredients have been cooked. The Irish also call "salmon pie" something that closely matches cottage pie or "pâté chinois", where salmon is at the base of an assembly, like for cottage pie, or at the base of a casserole, like for "pâté chinois". Other ingredients may be part of the salmon