Welcome to
the new edition of Pork Pie Of The Month! And we’ve found a right tasty pie for the first in the series. ..
This pork
pie was bought at Manor Farm Shop in Leasingham, but the credit must go to
butchers par-excellence Southern & Thorpe in nearby Ruskington. Priced at
£2.99 for a good size pie we really enjoyed road-testing one of Britain’s
favourite pastries.
It appears
rustic and home-made which is just what we want. The score for appearance would have been a
little higher if the pie hadn’t erupted over itself out of its top hole. Which
sound quite rude when I read it back.
When you cut
in this pie holds together very nicely unlike a lot of mass-produced
competitors. There’s a good amount of jelly but, as a jelly lover, I wish there
had been even more. The filling is hand
mixed and is made up of lovely large lumps of porky goodness which surrenders
an authentic flavour. Again, miles
better than the filling squirted out of tubes in the factory versions.
There’s a
nice and subtle peppery after-taste which we loved, and altogether this is a really
good quality pork pie. Here are the scores on the doors:
Appearance
& Aroma - 3
Filling –
3.5
Pastry - 4
Jelly – 3.5
Total – 14
Price £2.99
1 comment:
Ooh, pork pie. There are a couple of places in Yagnub that sell home-made pork pies. One, I can't remember which unfortunately, is very good though, like this one, not quite enough jelly. My mum made a mean hand-raised pork pie, but she never taught me the knack, which is a pity.
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