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 A Four'n Twenty Pie being eaten during an AFL match | |
| Product type | Meat pies Sausage rolls |
|---|---|
| Owner | Patties Foods |
| Country | Australia |
| Introduced | 1947 |
| Markets | Australia New Zealand United States Japan |
| Previous owners | Peters Ice Cream Simplot |
| Tagline | The great Australian taste |
| Website | fourntwenty |
Four'n Twenty is an Australian pastry brand, now distributed internationally, with products including meat pies and sausage rolls. It is owned by parent company Patties Foods.
The classic Four'n Twenty pie is filled with mutton and beef (a minimum of 25%, per Food Standards Australia New Zealand regulations), mostly shoulder meat, in a spiced gravy with carrot and onion.[1] The crust is a flour and margarine shortcrust pastry, with the upper crust additionally rolled and folded to make it slightly flaky.[1] Other fillings include chicken and vegetable, pulled pork, and grass-fed Angus beef.
Australians have the highest per-capita meat pie consumption in the world, and Four'n Twenty pies are considered iconic, particularly in the context of football matches.[2] They are often served with tomato sauce.[3]
- ^ a b Cornish, Richard (28 April 2009). "Behind the scenes at Aussie food factories". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
- ^ "Bye-bye American pie". The Age. 21 July 2003. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
- ^ Talbot, Christopher (22 July 2016). "The history of the great Australian meat pie at the footy". Herald Sun. Retrieved 18 September 2017.