The cobbler however, which to be clear, is a dish in which a fruit filling is topped with spoonfuls of a loose scone-like or biscuit topping and baked so that the top resembles golden cobblestones, was born right here on American shores.

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Spread the rice mixture into the dish, gather the overhanging phyllo and fold it over the filling to form a boureki, or large pie.

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Its signature dish in the country is the McAloo Tikki burger, which uses a spiced potato-based filling.

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