Pies in England

Pies in England Pies are very popular in England. Pies are a baked dish consisting of a filling such as chopped meat or fruit enclosed in or covered with pastry ( a mixture of flour and butter). Favourite meat (savoury) pies include: Pork pie A... More

Pies in England Pies are very popular in England. Pies are a baked dish consisting of a filling such as chopped meat or fruit enclosed in or covered with pastry ( a mixture of flour and butter). Favourite meat (savoury) pies include: Pork pie A pork pie consists of pork and pork jelly in a hot water crust pastry and is normally eaten cold. Recipe Steak and Kidney pie A traditional English dish consisting of a cooked mixture of chopped beef, kidneys, onions, mushrooms and beef stock. This mixture is placed in a pie or casserole dish, covered with a pastry crust and baked until crisp and brown. Cornish pastie / Cornish pasty A type of pie, originating in Cornwall, South West England. It is an oven-cooked pastry case traditionally filled with diced meat - nowadays beef mince (ground beef) or steak potato, onion and swede. It has a semicircular shape, caused by folding a circular pastry sheet over the filling. One edge is crimped to form a seal. Recipe Cor Less