pork pie

shoodle

My MIL sadly died before I could ask her for the recipe she had for a wonderful pork pie she made us every xmas. I know she minced the pork herself, and the pastry was made with hot water. I think Gary Rhodes did one a while ago, and it looked very much like the one she made, can anyone help/

poppy-glos

hi, i'm not sure about the filling, but the pastry is probably hot water crust, i've used it for making pie on boxing day with all the leftover turkey and stuffing. The fun bit is 'moulding' the pastry round a jar or whatever to form the shape, then making a foil and cardboard 'collar' to hold it up during cooking.

recipe is from 'my cookery year' and is as follows...
12oz plain flour
1/2 level teaspoon salt
4oz lard or soft table margarine
1 egg yolk

sift flour and salt into warm bowl,put fat with 1/4 pint water in small saucepan over low heat, when melted bring to boil. make a well in flour and put in egg yolk. cover egg with flour and pour in water/fat and stir until cool enough to handle. then knead for a bit, cover and leave in warm place for 20 mins. use to line tin or flour 2lb jar and use this to shape a 'pot'. cool then ease out of jar. use 'protective' band of foil to stop collapsing during cooking, 3 hours baking... haven't got a filling recipe.. sorry

bake at 45o for 20 mins then turn down to 325 and cover with foil and cook for 3 hours.

lisa26_2

do you have a Bero book? It'll be in there!

lindadykes

A step by step recipe here with piccies. Not tried it yet, but hope to get around to it soon.

anniemf2508

Has anyone got this months (Junes) Goodfood magazine or James Martins new book.
I have lost my copy of the magazine (i get it on subscription) and had planned on making his mini pork pies as part of my meal plan this week.

If anyone could type it out and post it on this thread i'd be truly grateful.

Thanks in advance

peb

Can't help speficially but have you searched online on the BBC Food website - most of James martin's recipies are there. I can't search now (at work and limited access) but I have got recipies for pork pies from that site in the past.

HTH

anniemf2508

i've searched.... cause its in his new book and the new magazine its not online

Buddingblonde

There is a recipe on the bero web site

Sunnyday

If you don`t find the one that you prefer then i can highly recommend this HFW one.

http://www.them-apples.co.uk/2009/06/how-to-make-pork-pie/

Absolutley gorgeous!

HTH

SD

Penelope_Penguin

Sunnyday wrote: »

If you don`t find the one that you prefer then i can highly recommend this HFW one.

http://www.them-apples.co.uk/2009/06/how-to-make-pork-pie/

Absolutley gorgeous!

HTH

SD

That's the one I've made - easy and delicious I have raised pie on my plan for the weekend :T to use a trotter from the freezer before my next half-Berkshire arrives :T

honey

Hi anniemf2508,

I have the Good Food magazine and have pm'd you the recipe (not sure if I could put it on the forum because of copyright)

They look lovely, let me know how they turn out

honey x