Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, hand raised pork pie. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Making a traditional hand-raised pork pie is easier than you may imagine. These easy to follow instructions and tasty recipe will show you how. A traditional pork pie is made using hot water pastry which is then raised by hand using a mould or in my case a jam jar for support.

Hand Raised Pork pie is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They are nice and they look fantastic. Hand Raised Pork pie is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook hand raised pork pie using 20 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Hand Raised Pork pie:

1. Prepare The Filling:
2. Take 600 grams Shoulder of Pork cut in 5 cm dice
3. Get 250 grams Diced pork Belly 5 cm
4. Get 250 grams Bacon (l use smoked streaky), cut in 5cm dice
5. Get 1/2 tsp dried sage
6. Prepare 1/2 tsp dried thyme
7. Prepare 1/2 tsp Mace
8. Take 1 tsp ground white pepper
9. Get 2 pinch Ground nutmeg
10. Make ready 1 tsp salt
11. Get For the Pastry:
12. Take 200 grams Lard
13. Prepare 220 grams water
14. Prepare 575 grams Strong flour
15. Get 1 pinch Salt
16. Make ready 1 each eggs
17. Prepare For the Stock:
18. Get 1 Pork, Cicken or Vegetable stock cube
19. Get 200 ml boiling water
20. Prepare 5 leaves gelatine to set the stock

This easy-to-make pastry used for raised pies is crisp and crumbly. The trick is to shape it while the pastry is still warm and pliable as it loses its smooth texture and. The original Melton Mowbray pork pie is a thing of beauty, and this is our version. Place the pies on a wire rack over a baking tray.

Instructions to make Hand Raised Pork pie:

1. Mix all the filling ingredients together with a half a teaspoon of corse black pepper and set to one side
2. Make the pastry by boiling the lard and water together when the lard has melted fold into the flour & salt and mix with a wooden spoon to make the pastry
3. Allow the pastry to cool a little so you can handle it but it must be warm. Cut a quarter of the pastry and set aside for the lid. with The remainder line a 20cm (8 inch) cake tin with a loose bottom using your hands to raise it up the side of the tin and level the bottom as evenly as you can
4. Fill the pastry with the pork filling. Brush the top of the edges with beaten egg and seal the lid in place
5. Brush the top with egg. Make a hole in the top of the lid ro allow the steam out. Place on a baking sheet/tray and place in the oven at 180C for 30 minutes then reduce to 150C and bake for a further 90 minutes
6. After 90 minutes remove from the tin, brush all over with egg and return to the oven for a further 30 minutes until the pastry is a nice pale gold
7. When cooking has finished allow to cool. when cold add the stock with the gelatine through the hole in the top (a small funnel is very useful) and refrigerate overnight. Eat and enjoy the following day!

Carefully pour the chilled stock into the pie holes, letting it settle each time before adding more. Our hand raised pork pie is a thing of beauty. This pie is so impressive and really worth the effort of making your own rather than buying one pre made. This hand raised pork pie is also a great meal to keep in the fridge and serve cold. Home » Pork Recipes » Traditional British Hand Raised Pork Pie.

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