A slice of a pork pie, made to a recipe by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.

A whole pork pie.

Pork pies are a traditional British food. They consist of roughly chopped pork and pork jelly sealed in a hot water crust pastry, and are normally eaten cold. In Yorkshire, a pork pie is occasionally referred to as a 'growler'.[1] Pork pies have recently gained popularity in America, primarily in south Chicago. This revitalization has been in part the effort of two prominent "porkers" in the pork community, Irfan Shuttari and Ousman Afzal. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 698 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1434 × 1232 pixel, file size: 1,009 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) A pork pie. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 698 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1434 × 1232 pixel, file size: 1,009 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) A pork pie. ... Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (born January 14, 1965) is a British celebrity chef and TV presenter, noted for his mildly eccentric antics and back-to-nature philosophy. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 698 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1434 × 1232 pixel, file size: 1,009 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) A pork pie. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 698 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1434 × 1232 pixel, file size: 1,009 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) A pork pie. ... Two halves of pork being delivered Pork is the culinary name for meat from pigs. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Aspic. ... Hot water crust is a type of pastry used for savoury pies, such as pork pies and steak and kidney pies. ... Look up Yorkshire in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

There are two main types of pork pie generally available in commercial outlets: the Melton Mowbray Pork Pie, and the cheaper mass produced commercial alternative which are simply referred to as pork pies, with no geographical appellation. The main difference between the two is that Melton Mowbray pies use uncured meat, whilst the more common commercial pies use cured meat. This gives the meat in a Melton pie a grey colour, while commercial pies commonly have bright pink meat. Melton Mowbray pies also commonly have hand-formed crusts and often look slightly irregular in shape after baking. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... In food preparation, curing refers to various preservation and flavoring processes, especially of meat or fish, by the addition of a combination of salt, sugar and either nitrate or nitrite. ...

The Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association has applied for protection under the European "Protected designation of origin" laws as a result of the increasing production of Melton Mowbray style pies by large commercial companies in factories far from Melton Mowbray. The logo of the Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association The Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association is a group of pork pie manufacturers in the Melton Mowbray area of England, UK. The association was set up with the purported aim of helping to protect the Melton Mowbray pork pie recipe which... Protected designation of origin (PDO), protected geographical indication (PGI) and Traditional Speciality Guaranteed (TSG) are geographical indications defined in European Union Law to protect regional foods. ...

Pork pie or Porkie Pie, often shortened to porky, is the Cockney rhyming slang term for lie. Cockney rhyming slang (sometimes initialized as CRS) is a form of English slang which originated in the East End of London. ...

Variations

In some cases the solid pastry top is replaced by a pastry lattice, allowing the meat filling to be seen. Some compositional variations on the pork pie theme are: Look up lattice in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Gala pie

A common variation on the pork pie is the gala pie; a pork pie with a hard boiled egg in the centre. Gala pies are often baked in long, loaf-type tins, with multiple eggs arranged along the centre. The so called ‘long egg’ in Gala Pies is actually made of several eggs. The yolks are separated from the whites and the yolks are then poured into a long tube-shaped mold in which they are cooked. The hard yolk is removed from the mold then put inside a larger tube-shaped mold and the egg whites are poured round the outside of the hard yolk. The whole thing is then cooked again to harden the whites around the yolk. This is then removed from the mold thus producing one very long hard-boiled egg.^{[citation needed]}

Picnic pie

Commonly available as smaller (3-5 cm) varieties, usually with additional ingredients added to the pork and jelly filling mixture. Fillings added to the pork include apples, pickle or bacon. A jar of Branston Pickle Branston Pickle is a United Kingdom brand of jarred pickled relish. ...

Pork pies in the United States and Canada

Pork Pies have been made for over 100 years in Rhode Island and southeast Massachusetts by Hartley's Pork Pies, founded in 1900 by Thomas Hartley an Englishman who came to the United States in the late 1800s to work in the textile mills of Fall River, Massachusetts. Their popularity with mill workers led to the rise of a Fall River slogan "city of mills, hills, and pork pies." As of 2007 they are still made and sold daily in three stores. “RI” redirects here. ... Official language(s) English Capital Boston Largest city Boston Area  Ranked 44th  - Total 10,555 sq mi (27,360 km²)  - Width 183 miles (295 km)  - Length 113 miles (182 km)  - % water 13. ... The Fall River skyline, as seen from Somerset. ...

More recently established Myers of Keswick in New York City also make and sell pork pies. Frozen pork pies can be bought from the British Pantry near Washington, D.C., and the British Shoppe in Orlando, Florida. New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Nickname: Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C., in relation to the states Maryland and Virginia Coordinates: , Country United States Federal District District of Columbia Government  - Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D)  - D.C. Council Chairperson: Vincent C. Gray (D) Ward 1: Jim Graham (D) Ward 2... Nickname: Location in Orange County and the state of Florida. ...

A French-Canadian pork pie served at Christmas and New Year is Tourtière. A tourtière is a meat pie originating from Quebec, usually made with ground pork and/or veal, or beef. ...

See also

• Meat pie
• Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association

A meat pie is a savoury pie that covers or contains a savoury filling of meat and other savoury ingredients. ... The logo of the Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association The Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association is a group of pork pie manufacturers in the Melton Mowbray area of England, UK. The association was set up with the purported aim of helping to protect the Melton Mowbray pork pie recipe which...

External links

• The Pork Pie Appreciation Society
• Photos showing the steps in constructing a rather large pork pie