Melton Mowbray pies shrink during cooking, so once the pie has cooled, the jelly poured in through a hole on top stops it from drying out. The most important element of a pork pie is the pastry ...

Whether this pork pie was a delicacy particular to Cheshire is not clear, but the Melton Mowbray pork pie is incontrovertibly associated with the Leicestershire town. Indeed, on April 4, 2008, it was ...

John's grandmother, Mary Dickinson, is credited with creating the very first Melton Mowbray Pork Pie. Mary used a wooden dolly to raise the pastry before adding jelly to protect the meat inside ...

The biggest threat to the Melton Mowbray pork pie isn't American red tape — it's a no-deal Brexit. This, according to Matthew O'Callaghan, head of the Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association ...

Mark Gough reports from the world's first pork-pie museum. The world’s first-ever museum dedicated to pork pies has opened in its so-called spiritual home town of Melton Mowbray. The makeover at ...

This is most significantly due to the rich history of the pork pie in the county, especially its links to rural food capital Melton. You may see a "Melton Mowbray Pork Pie" in every chilled aisle ...

An award-winning Melton Mowbray pork pie baker has been appointed MBE in the King's Birthday Honours. Stephen Hallam, 66, was managing director of Dickinson and Morris, the Leicestershire town's ...

but The Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association (MMPPA) applied for this area to be reduced. However, the request was refused by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra ...

There are some really tasty varieties now on offer on supermarket shelves. The Melton Mowbray pork pie is named after a town in Leicestershire and is distinctive because of its hand-formed crust.

Judges gathered at Melton’s St Mary’s Church on Wednesday to assess nearly 900 pies in 26 classes and the trophies were handed out today back at the church. Ye Olde Pie Shoppe, in Nottingham ...

Described as a “fascinating, one-of-a-kind museum”, the attraction features historic artefacts and archive photography recounting the history of the world-famous Melton Mowbray Pork Pie.