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A mince pie (also mincemeat pie in North America, and fruit mince pie in Australia and New Zealand) is a sweet pie of English origin filled with mincemeat, being a mixture of fruit, spices and suet. [ a ] The pies are traditionally served during the Christmas season in much of the English-speaking world .
This is a list of British desserts, i.e. desserts characteristic of British cuisine, the culinary tradition of the United Kingdom.The British kitchen has a long tradition of noted sweet-making, particularly with puddings, custards, and creams; custard sauce is called crème anglaise (English cream) in French cuisine
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In March 2012 Whelan sold the company to former Holland's Pies Managing Director, Neil Court-Johnston. [1] [2] who was also a former director of Peter's Food Services in South Wales. [3] Poole's Pies became part of Country Style Foods in 2013. [4] In 2015, The Denby Dale Pie Company joined them.
The pies are sold on matchdays at northern football clubs including Manchester City, Huddersfield Town, Stockport County, Bradford City, Bolton Wanderers, Blackburn Rovers and Blackpool. [5] They were endorsed by celebrity chef and Norwich City F.C. director, Delia Smith in July 2000, who introduced them to Carrow Road .
The mixture is similar to sweet mince pies, which are traditionally eaten at Christmas time in the United Kingdom. The Garibaldi biscuit , which contains a layer of squashed currants is commonly known as a "squashed fly" or "dead fly" biscuit in the UK.
The Fray Bentos brand is known for the manufacture and sale in the United Kingdom of a range of tinned meat pies such as steak and kidney and minced beef and onion. [1] [2] Since 2011, the brand in the UK has been owned by Baxters, who manufacture Fray Bentos products at their site at Fochabers in Scotland. [3]
The village of Denby Dale has a tradition baking giant pies to celebrate events and occasions of national importance. The first of these is thought to have been in 1788 to mark the return to sanity of King George III and the tenth, a Millennium Pie baked in 2000, measured 40 feet (12 m) and weighed 12 tons.