Name: Derby picnic pie with eggs
Yield: For 8-10 people
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: 4 tbsp parsley, minced; butter, for frying; 200 g (7 oz) pork belly, finely chopped or coarsely minced; ¼ tsp ground mace; 1 tsp sea salt; 300 g (10½ oz) smoked bacon, thinly sliced; 3 leeks; 430 g (15 ¼ oz) pork shoulder, finely chopped or coarsely minced; 1 celery stalk; 1 carrot; 4 eggs; 1 onion; 1 bay leaf; 1 tsp ground black pepper; 150 g (5½ oz) ham hock; 1 ham hock/rear shank; 1 tbsp ground black pepper; 1 quantity Hot water crust pastry

Preparation info

For
8-10
people

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Oats in the North, Wheat from the South

By Regula Ysewijn

Published 2020

About

In 1900, Frederick Vine published the recipe for a Derby pie in one of his books. At first I thought the pie was named after the county of Derby or Derbyshire, but thanks to the introduction to Vine’s recipe, I discovered that this pie was so named because it was a popular snack at derby picnic parties. In the past it was popular for people to make a day out of the local derby – a football match between two local teams. There were very extensive picnic options and sometimes people even brou