
Cheshire Pork Pie
Find out how to make Cheshire pork pie with this easy recipe – made with Jus-Rol’s puff pastry, originally named pork and pippin pie.
Quick Stats
Easy
1 pie
60 minutes bake time
Cheshire Pork Pie
Find out how to make Cheshire pork pie with this easy recipe – made with Jus-Rol’s puff pastry, originally named pork and pippin pie.
Ingredients
- 500 g Jus-Rol™ Puff Pastry, thawed if frozen
- Beaten egg to glaze
- 1 kg pork loin or pork loin steaks, diced
- Salt and black pepper
- Grated nutmeg
- 1 Small onion, peeled & chopped
- 3 Medium eating apples, Cox’s are a good variety, halved, cored and sliced
- 1 tsp sugar
- 275 ml White wine or a combination of white wine and vegetable stock
- A little butter
Equipment required
- Pie Dish
- Pastry Brush
Techniques Used
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How to Roll Puff Pastry
How to Roll Puff Pastry
- For best results when rolling out puff pastry use a large, clean dry area of the work surface and lightly dust it with plain flour.
- Place pastry dough on surface and lightly dust it and the rolling pin with flour.
- Roll pastry firmly, always rolling away from you, give the dough 2-3 rolls.
- Then turn the dough a quarter turn.
- Dust again if necessary and continue rolling out, frequently turning the pastry so it is not always rolled in the same direction as this causes shrinkage.
- When the pastry has increased in size, pick it up to turn by rolling it round the rolling pin.
- Lift the pin with the pastry around it carefully and turn it to lay out and continue rolling. Again this is done to prevent the pastry from stretching as you lift it which in turn would result in shrinkage in baking. Puff pastry should be rolled out to approx. 4-5 mm depth.
- To re- roll puff pastry once you have cut something out from the main piece, layer up all the trimmings, folding to achieve approximately an even stack.
- Press stack lightly together with fingers.
- Then roll out as before.
Method
- Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4
- Select a deep 23cm round or similar sized oval/oblong pie dish and layer up the pork, apples and onions, seasoning well with salt, pepper and nutmeg as you go. Pour over the wine or wine and stock mix.
- Roll out pastry to fit the top of the pie and slightly larger to allow for the trim to be used to make a pastry border around pie dish rim. Brush the dish rim with beaten egg, stick on the pastry trim to form a border then brush this with beaten egg, and top with the main pastry. Press edges together firmly to seal, make slits or steam holes in the top and brush well with beaten egg.
- Bake for approx. 1 hour to ensure meat is cooked, you may have to lay a piece of baking paper on top to prevent the pastry from browning too much after about 30 minutes. Serve hot.