This is the only organic Melton Mowbray Pork Pie in the world! Brockleby's use free range, organic Saddleback pork from farmer Richard Mee, at Oakley Grange Farm in Stathern, Leicestershire. It's made to a traditional 200 year-old recipe.
The pie is hand-raised in the traditional way without the use of a mould or tin, giving it the distinctive bow-sided shape associated with a Melton Mowbray pork pie. Generously serves 4-6.
STOP PRESS! Brocklebys pies have just won a Soil Association Organic Food Award!
Ian Jalland's family have farmed on the Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire border near the Vale of Belvoir since 1603. A few years ago, Ian started making a range of pies using rare breed meat from his and other local farms. Since then, he's been sweeping up awards – both for his eco-friendly practices and for the superb taste of his pies. He gets his flour from the working windmill in Whissendine, Leicestershire. The drum of this mill is so old that it creates "Mids" which are rather like bran flakes which give the flour (despite being white flour) a distinctive speckled colour and texture. Ian and his small team at Brockleby's Farm Shop make their own lard and jelly. Their pies are hand-raised in the traditional way without the use of a mould or tin, giving them a distinctive bow-sided shape.
Pork (40%), Flour, Gelatine, Pork Lard, Salt*, Pepper, Milk, Egg (* = Approved non-organic ingredient)
Dietary information: Contains Gluten, Milk, Egg
Keep refrigerated. Suitable for home freezing. Defrost thoroughly.