…as to what a pork pie can really be.
Honestly, it feels like prior to today, every pork pie has been but a pale facsimile of the one I’ve eaten today.
Years ago, I even went to Melton Mowbray in the hope of finding something like I’ve eaten today.
Forum reader, I am sad to say, I was disappointed. They were all Dickinson and Morris. Now D&M are a reasonable pork pie, in fact one of the better ones.
Until today.
Today I had a freshly baked pork pie from Glaves in Brompton, North Yorkshire.
Now I realise what all other pork pies aspire to be. I never used to understand why people would rave about traditional pork pies. Now I do.
Truly delicious. And amazing bacon too. If you’re in the area, I strongly recommend.
See also Roy Porter Butchers in Chatburn, Lancashire. Amazing pork pies (and pretty much everything else).
Ha ha, I’ve just set up a geographical reminder for Roy Porter, next time I’m on my way up to the Dales. Thanks for the tip.
Roy Porter Butchers in Chatburn,
Every time I've been to Chatburn I've turned left immediately before this place , and now you tell me I've been missing out on pork pie perfection?!
100% and the same with Red Leicester Cheese (Red Fox & Sparkenhoe).
Red Fox & Sparkenhoe
Sparkenhoe yes, but red fox is just some dodgy supermarket stuff isn't it? and made in Shropshire at that.
Petche's pork pies in Great Ayton ftw! Fresh warm ones, especially the pork and apple are heavenly 🤤
I have to admit that I only discovered that the true way to eat a pork pie was with a chutney such as Branston Pickle when I was today years old when.
With English Mustard, surely ?
There's a deli in Great Bircham that bakes their own. Warm, newly baked pork pie is one of life's pleasures.
Damn I'm really hungry now.
Oh....pork pies.....yes
The butchers I started in had a salesman come round wanting to sell us the stuff to make pork pies. water pastry shells, meat spice/etc mix and gelatin mix. We just mince some pork, add the ingredients, fill the shells, pinch the tops closed and fire in the oven.
first batch of 2 dozen sold in under an hour and from then became another job for me to do.
As above, melton mowbray have the name but weren't a patch on the ones we did. Fresh made pork pies are superiour thats for sure.
Another name added to my pastry tour of Britain list.
In a similar neck of the woods I’d add in Kendall’s butchers in Pately Bridge
Kendall’s butchers in Pately Bridge
You clearly know your shiz. My favourite pie shop anywhere. And yes that includes wigan.
H Weatherhead down the bottom of the hill in pateley is also excellent 👌
Doncaster market is a shadow of it's glory days, but it can still muster half a dozen good butchers including three who make good pies and two who import from Barnsley. These guys are fantastic, and prices way below the website:
If you find yourself in Skipton the pies from here are very good indeed.
I'm visiting Whitby next week. Yorkshire people - what's the best pork pie to look out for in Whitby?
Always good to get a pork pie recommendation, thank you @Kramer. I shall reciprocate with a recommendation for Appletons in Ripon. Absolutely delightful pork pies and they also do a “breakfast sausage roll” with tomato on the inside and bacon wrapped around the outside. Absolutely tremendous.
I'm not keen on the jelly in pork pies so prefer the small ones with less jelly. I know this is sacrilege to some pie lovers. Sorry.
Looking on whistfully from the pork pie desert of Australia….
Perfect MTB food. Uncrushable meat-fat-pastry-salt. Gooey flapjack for puddin.
@el_boufador- clearly a man of discerning tastes. Mrs Binners - a Wiganer herself, so an authority on pies - job means she finds herself in Pately Bridge, so comes back bearing gifts from pork pie heaven 😃
Nah, I don’t do pork, or steak and kidney for that matter.
Now, the Wild ‘shroom pie with mash and Raven Ale with red onion gravy at The Raven of Bath is outstanding! They do a bunch of other pies, plus Not Pies, but I love this pie! It went very well with the Chocolate and Fudge stout, but I can’t remember the name of the brewery.
If any STW members should find themselves in the fine city of Bath, check out The Raven in Queen Street.
Petche’s pork pies in Great Ayton ftw! Fresh warm ones, especially the pork and apple are heavenly 🤤
@longdog beat me to it! Topped off with a Suggitt's ice cream from down the road.
Kendall's Butchers on Skipton Road in Harrogate a close second.
North Yorkshire is a hotbed of high end pork pies.
Having enjoyed many a good North Yorkshire pie, including Farmhouse Fare and Kendall's I can confirm that the best are from Audsley's in Harrogate, off St Winifreds Av. Get them hot and fresh in the morning and they are superb.
Honourable mention to Phillipe's in Skipton on Sackville Street, although their real gold is the steak pie or XL bacon, sausage and mushroom butty.
It's where all the trades go. Follow the trades!
Looking on whistfully from the pork pie desert of Australia….
Bloody oath! Is that near the Simpson?
Actually got a good one in the fancy market on James St, New Farm Brisbane recently… but they’re few and far between.
Got a really nice one in Grange-over-sands last year though.
Twenty years ago I worked with a guy that had a pork pie club with a couple of other blokes. Their mission was to take it in turns to get pork pies from a different butcher every meeting. One of them died of a heart attack, but it didn’t stop the remaining members.
Whitby? Don't miss out on the brewery tap next to the abbey, exceptional IPA which can't be had anywhere else.
Pork pies? Beer House on Eccy Rd sells wonderful ones that were delivered all the way from Sharrow Vale.
ps agreed about Melton Mowbray
+1 for Appletons in Ripon
Weegmans and also Wilkinson's butchers in Otley and Lishmans in Ilkey have excellent pork pies, sausages and other meaty goodness.
Stamforth's in Skipton is my personal favourite pork pie dispensary. Instead of jelly they have a piping hot liquor and possibly a thinner crust than most other pies.
Safety warning ⚠️ bite a chimney in the lid to let the scalding steam escape.
Prepandemic at the local farmers market there was a stall selling superb pork pies with an onion marmalade.
Sadly I havent found anything to match it and am erring back towards a general distaste for them.
Petche’s pork pies in Great Ayton ftw! Fresh warm ones, especially the pork and apple are heavenly 🤤
Nothing beats a petches pie 🤤
Stamforth’s in Skipton is my personal favourite pork pie dispensary.
I was going to mention them but they are not as good as they used to be imo.
Ahhh yes Glaves are very good. Years ago when I worked in scarbados they had a fire. You’ve never seen so many battle so hard to save a shop, I was determined it wasn’t going to go through the roof and delay pie production.
Eastwoods butchers in Berkhampstead
https://www.eastwoodsbutchers.com/product-page/pork-pie
I first stumbled across this whilst on a tow path ride from London to Dunstable and I needed some lunch
I had to go back to make sure that it wasnt just everything-tastes-amazing-when-youre-hungry type thing, but they truly are amazing
I blame this thread for making me order a pack of small pork pies last weekend for first time in over a year, they were surprisingly decent for cheap ones (Pork Farms).
Make your own, surprisingly easy and you can also attempt the glory that is a gala pie
When I worked on nights inbthe 90s a regular ride on a morning after work was a ride out to Weegemans in Otley for half a dozen pork pies. Well worth the effort too.
Well... Mrs Binners has just made my (Full Fat) Friday. She's got steak and ale pies from Kendalls butchers in Pately Bridge (the best pie shop in the world) and we're having them for tea with chips and gravy
Happy weekend everyone! 😀
Well, you’re all wrong.
Haighs Farm Shop , Bolster Moor
honourable mention to Copleys Butchers, Golcar.
thanks for that info. I went there last night, and I think it might have been the best fish and chips I’ve ever had. Nice tip
For a touristy town Whitby has great food. We visited a fab pie and mash shop, a good Italian, and a delicious Thai. We also had two good Indian takeaways. Oh, and a couple of tasty pork pies
Whitby’s a great little seaside resort. Much nicer than it’s equivalents in the South West IMO.
Meh, I sometimes dream of a ‘Clark’s pie(Redfield Brother) but I think they are long gone.
Need an ex-pat over here to stop sunning there arses and get back baking 🙂
Well it seems Scotland (some Greggs on the edge of Dundee) has let me down. I've never actually been to Gregg's up here.
Wife came home from work yesterday with a sausage roll for my son and a steak bake for me. I asked if they didn't have any corned beef pasties, and she said no or I'd have got you one 😞
As an aside it was as she was on her way back from dropping my cardiac monitor off at the hospital. I had a little sleep over there last Thursday night due to a badly misfiring heart, but it's not pasties and pies blocking my pipes, it's internal electrical issues, so we can all breathe a sigh of relief and keep eating them 🤣
I actually had calcium scoring 5 years back which came back as zero, so pipes were all clean as a whistle, then atleast.
See also Roy Porter Butchers in Chatburn, Lancashire. Amazing pork pies (and pretty much everything else).
I have now seen and I can confirm that they make very tasty pork pies indeed.
We're lucky here in our part of West Yorkshire as we have excellent local farm shops who make great pork pies
Over the weekend I got a Walker's pork pie in the Hexham Waitrose. Oh my God it was good!! Amazing pastry
Highly recommended by me (a porky pig)
https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/products/walkers-fluted-pork-pie/069386-35191-35192
You used to get a great pork pie in elite meats in star beck.
If memory serves me correct.
Over the weekend I got a Walker’s pork pie in the Hexham Waitrose
We often get a Walker's. Excellent pies, great hill food.
We had a Walkers at Christmas and it was very good.
Topping's pies from Booths have been disappointing on the last few occasions.
Instead of a wedding cake we had a 3 tier pork pie from Cannon Hall farm shop.
Honorable mention to Percy Turner too for outstanding services to pies.
Can I just check, is anyone else putting all these pie shops as geographical reminders in their phones so that it reminds me when I get near to one?
@alanf - Bolster Moor farm shop do layered pork pie wedding cakes too
They make bloody good pork pies
Now a post i can finally get behind!!!
The best one i have had recently was from Daylesford Organics.....it was absolutely stunning! I savoured every single mouthful!
In a similar neck of the woods I’d add in Kendall’s butchers in Pately Bridge
I can now confirm that this is true.
