Forryan's Melton Mowbray Pork Pies

Nothing can beat the taste of a Melton Mowbray pork pie, a crisp water crust pastry with just the right amount of jelly covering a very tasty portion of coarsely chopped well seasoned uncured pork. A true Melton Mowbray pork pie is baked standing alone, no mould or hoop to support it, hence the irregular shape when cooked. I have tried to cut corners by slipping a pack of supermarkets own label pork pies into my shopping but there is just no taste to them! I think the word `sawdust` comes to mind. A good quality pork pie served with a salad is a meal fit for a King. Way back in the 1970`s Mr Chappell started his Fine Foods company. Using ...  Read the complete review

Pork Pies are a traditional English dish. I don't think you can imagine having a buffet or picnic without one and probably the name synonymous with Pork Pies in England is Melton Mowbray. Pork Pies are basically a type of meat pie. The meat inside is roughly chopped pork which is then surrounded in pork jelly and encased in a crust pastry. I think pork pies are definitely an acquired taste and that if you thought about it you probably wouldn't eat it. Ingredients in a pork pie include lard and pork fat, hardly the most appetising things you could imagine but if you lie them pork pies are definitely a wonderful food. Melton Mowbray is a town in the ...  Read the complete review