The gold standard of pork pies, the Melton Mowbray is a distinct pork pie that is recognizably different from other pork pies, both in physical characteristics and in reputation, and consists of roughly chopped pork and pork jelly sealed in a hot water crust pastry, moulded by hand over a wooden pie mould called a 'dolly' to make a free-standing pastry case. Named after Melton Mowbray, a town in Leicestershire, the eponymous pie became popular among fox hunters in the area during the late…
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