Home-made Pork Pie

The British have been making pies since at least the Middle Ages. The raised ‘coffin’ casing was to protect the meat inside from the extreme heat of the fire, and often was not eaten. However, as the art of making pastry developed, many pie recipes did too, and the pork pie is very traditional. It was perfected at Melton Mowbray, and the original recipe used to contain, so I believe, some anchovy essence.

A lot of dishes, such as this one and Corned