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British Pie Week

10th March 2016

British Pie Week takes place from 7th March to 13th March and is the perfect opportunity to celebrate this mealtime favourite.

We are a nation of pie fanatics, with new research from Toluna revealing that 75% of people enjoy a pie at least once a month!

Pie Trivia

The Guinness World Record for the most expensive meat pie ever sold goes to the Fence Gate Inn in Lancashire which sold its pie for £1,024 a slice to eight guests on 14th November 2005. It was made from £500 worth of Japanese wagyu beef fillet, Chinese matsutake mushrooms, Winter Black truffles, French Bluefoot mushrooms, gravy made from two bottles of vintage 1982 Chateau Mouton Rothschild wine and was finally topped with edible gold leaf.

Held at Harry’s Bar in Wigan, the annual World Pie Eating Championship has been going since 1992. Originally, contestants had to attempt to eat as many pies as possible within the given time limit, but this was changed in 2006 to a race in which competitors vie to eat a single pie in the least amount of time.

In 1644, Oliver Cromwell banned pie as he decided it was a “pagan form of pleasure”. The ban was eventually lifted in 1660.

Iceland Pies

If you’re looking to celebrate British Pie Week, why not pop to Iceland in Garden Square and pick up some mouth-watering pasty-laden delights. Here are some of our favourites:


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Iceland Family Steak Pie 800g: £2.00
Shortcrust pastry filled with diced beef in a gravy sauce topped with puff pastry.


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Iceland 4 Individual Chicken & Mushroom Pies 568g: £1.50
Shortcrust pastry filled with pieces of chicken and diced mushrooms in a creamy sauce topped with puff pastry.


British-Pie-Week-Iceland-Lemon-Pie

Iceland Lemon Meringue Pie 475g: £1.50
Lemon flavoured filling on a shortcrust pastry base, topped with crisp meringue peaks.


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Mr Kipling 6 Bramley Apple & Blackcurrant Pies: £1.50
Scrumptious piece of bramley apple in perfect pastry cases bursting with blackcurrants. A delicious twist on the classic.

Pie Recipe

If you fancy making your own pie, you can download a recipe for Steak and Stout pie from Great British Bake Off finalist, TV presenter and food blogger Holly Bell here.