How to pronounce Butter pie

In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /ˈbʌtə paɪ/. In plain English letters that is BUT-er PIE, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Butter pie?

Butter pie is a main dish of the United Kingdom. Where it comes from: Lancashire. People usually eat it at lunch or dinner and as a snack. Its main ingredients are potato, dairy & cheese and wheat & flour. It tastes savory and rich.

Where Butter pie comes from

Butter pie is one of 56 signature dishes of the United Kingdom on this map. See all dishes from England.

• Fish and chips · Main dish · London and Lancashire

  Fish and chips comes from two traditions that met in the 19th century: fried fish brought to London by Jewish immigrants from Portugal and Spain, and fried potatoes sold in the industrial north.

• Full English breakfast · Main dish · England

  The full English breakfast grew from the large breakfasts of the country house in the Victorian era, when gentry showed off the produce of their estates.

• Cornish pasty · Snack · Cornwall

  The Cornish pasty is a half-moon of shortcrust pastry filled with diced beef, potato, swede and onion, seasoned with salt and pepper, crimped along one side and baked.

• Pease pudding · Main dish · North East England

  Pease pudding is a thick, pale yellow purée of split peas boiled with water, salt and spices, often in the same pot as a bacon or ham joint.

• Singing hinny singin' hinny · Bread & pastry · Northumberland

  A singing hinny is a griddle cake from Northumberland and the coal-mining towns of the North East.

• Parmo · Street food · Teesside

  The parmo, or Teesside Parmesan, is the late-night takeaway of Middlesbrough: a flattened chicken or pork cutlet in breadcrumbs, deep-fried and covered with white béchamel sauce and melted cheese, usually Cheddar, served with chips.

Food of the United Kingdom

Dishes like Butter pie in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Butter pie:

• Pierogi · Main dish · Poland

  Pierogi are half-moon dumplings of unleavened dough, boiled and often fried afterwards in butter with onion.

• Varenyky вареники · Main dish · Ukraine

  Varenyky are boiled dumplings, the name coming from varyty, "to boil".

• Pizzoccheri · Noodles & pasta · Valtellina, Italy

  Pizzoccheri are short, flat ribbons of pasta made mostly with buckwheat flour, which gives them a grey-brown colour.

• Colcannon cál ceannann · Main dish · Munster, Ireland

  Colcannon is mashed potato mixed with chopped kale or cabbage and spring onions, enriched with butter and milk.