The “New Model” Meat and Potato Pie
The clue is in the name - MEAT and potato - not meat and POTATO
Finest one to hand was provided - warmed mark you - by the fair hand who served me in the Village Store in Kettlewell (deep in the Yorkshire Dales). The proprietress assured me that this was a meat and potato pie of fearsome goodness and reputation. Sadly I didn’t get the name of her supplier, but that might be best to remain a secret. It is an truly great pie - there’s no doubting it sets a new standard for the full pastry case M&P pie. (Readers should already be aware that I yield to no one in my admiration of the “pastry topped” M&P pie served at the Waggon and Horses at Langsett between Sheffield and Holmfirth.
The pastry was short and crisp and melted beautifully. The steak was plentiful, lean and tasty. The meat and potato were held in a thick gravy, so thick that it would have allowed the pie to be hand-held under other circumstances, But its wasn’t cloying or too salty. Finally the potato - in small cubes - was cooked so that it didn’t break up in the pie under power of heat or gravy.
A first rate pie from a marvellous establishment.
