Pork Pie - 18th Century

5-10m
Prep Time

45-50m
Cook Time

50m
Ready In

"Pork was the most widely eaten domestic meat in the 18th century. American Colonist found pigs easy to raise. Foraging on roots, nuts and garbage, pigs increase their own weight 150 times the first year. SOURCE: SHADOWS collection"

Original is 5 servings

Metric US

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Nutritional

Serving Size: 1 (467.6 g)
Calories 935.6
Total Fat - 55.6 g
Saturated Fat - 20.9 g
Cholesterol - 83 mg
Sodium - 1277.7 mg
Total Carbohydrate - 81.8 g
Dietary Fiber - 3.2 g
Sugars - 17.6 g
Protein - 23.2 g
Calcium - 96.9 mg
Iron - 4.9 mg
Vitamin C - 4 mg
Thiamin - 0.7 mg

Step 1

Line a 9-inch pie dish with half the pastry.

Step 2

Arrange alternate layers of pork and apples in the pastry, sprinkle the layers with sugar, nutmeg, salt and pepper. Add wine.

Step 3

Dot with Butter and cover with pastry crust.

Step 4

Bake at 375 degrees for 45 to 50 minutes.

Step 5

If cooking in a dutch oven over coals, place small stones or bottle caps in bottom of oven and place pie dish on these to keep off the bottom of the oven. As usual, place the majority of the coals on the lid.