Luton is a great destination to explore traditional English cuisine. Local restaurants continue serving dozens of interesting dishes whose recipes were invented hundreds of years ago. Regional cuisine is considered to be very practical and satisfying. They cook many interesting dishes from meat, potatoes, and fish, as well as seasonal vegetables and fruits. One of the main symbols of regional cuisine is pastries. Traditional meat and sweet pies are usually baked here all year round. A famous Luton dish is the Bedfordshire Clanger, the most unusual type of local pastry that became popular back in the 19th century. In the past, local women prepared the traditional dish for their husbands who worked in the field. Clanger is pretty hearty and notable for its double filling: it is customary to fill it with meat on one side and with something sweet on the other. According to one of the versions, some woman once cooked such an unusual meat pie with jam by mistake. Local people loved the original combination of products so much that the clanger has remained popular for over a century. In its shape, it resembles a classic meat roll, and a special kind of dough is used for its preparation. It is rolled out very thinly, so the amount of dough seems very small in comparison with the filling. The traditional pie is made from beef, but in modern Luton restaurants, you can also try other versions from other types of meat. Apples and pears are typically used as a sweet component. In
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