Place the pie on the preheated tray (this will help the base crisp up and catch any fat that leaks from the pie) and bake for 1 hour 20 minutes, or until the top is deep golden-brown.

Don’t be daunted by the idea of using hot water crust pastry – the pie is moulded in a tin, which makes it very easy to put together. Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6. Grease a 1kg/2lb 4oz ...

We all have our Christmas foodie traditions, and for some families, December 25 would not be complete without a pork pie. The Leicestershire-born pastry treat appears on buffet tables and Boxing ...

Hot water pastry is fun to make — warm, pliable and easy to work with. It's what you'll find in the traditional English Melton Mowbray pork pie, which is baked without a supporting tin.

Commercial puff pastry sheets vary in size and weight, so adapt the size (and shape) of the pie according to the brand of pastry you buy. The all-butter puff pastry I use (Waitrose) comes as two ...

Preheat oven to 275 degrees. Evenly coat cubed pork with paprika, black pepper and half the salt. In a 10-to-12-inch sauté pan (a Dutch oven or skillet with a lid also works well), heat olive oil ...

Tucked away amongst the industrial parks and railroad tracks making up Broadway Street just inside the Cheektowaga border, sits The English Pork Pie Company, literally the best British shop in the ...

The royal grocer is selling a giant 1.4kg pork pie for £39.95 with “I love you” on the top in pastry. Its product description says customers can “celebrate love in the most delicious way”.

John's grandmother, Mary Dickinson, is credited with creating the very first Melton Mowbray Pork Pie. Mary used a wooden dolly to raise the pastry before adding jelly to protect the meat inside ...

Compleat Food Group has slashed over 100 tonnes of plastic packaging from its supply chain by removing plastic trays from its pork pie packaging. The initiative ... which includes Pork Farms, Wall’s ...