Great British pie recipes

To celebrate British Food Fortnight, here are some of our very favourite pie recipes.

We love a good pie here at loveFOOD so we've picked out some favourites from our recipe archive. Let us know which ones melt your tastebuds! 

Melton Mowbray-style pork pie

We’re cheating a bit with this one (pictured above). It's actually from The Great British Book of Baking, a collection of recipes by all sorts of chefs. Classic ingredients include unsmoked back bacon, boned shoulder of pork, fresh sage, anchovy essence and jellied stock.
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Fruity lamb pie

TV chef Lotte Duncan unusually combines lamb with orange, cranberries, honey and mint. Lotte says: “The idea of fruit and meat is very English, very old and very delicious." The proof is in the eating.
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Pigeon pie

To make this hearty pie from award-winning chef Simon Goodman, all you'll need is pigeon breast, wild mushrooms, a few veg and a splosh of red wine. Plus it's ready and on the table in under an hour. 
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Shepherd's pie

An extremely comforting dish which is welcomed throughout the year. Minced lamb with mushrooms form the backbone of the filling, which is flavoured with garlic, onions and beef stock.

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Steak and ale pie

Beef and beer. What more could one hope for from a pie? The Hairy Bikers always use steak that's well marbled with fat for a fuller flavour. If you're not a fan of puff pastry, just use shortcrust instead.
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Beef and Guinness pie

Alternatively, you can use Guinness for a really full-flavoured pie, which is slow-cooked with prunes and dark muscovado sugar to really bring out the flavour of the succulent beef.

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Chunky steak and mushroom pie

Oozing with a rich shallot gravy and chock-a-block with hunks of meat, this is as manly as a pie gets. A bit of bacon and a glass of red wine adds even more flavour to John Webber's dish.
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Mushroom pie

If you're a veggie, a take on mushroom pie without meat will probably appeal to you. So here it is! Great served with onion gravy, this pie packs in both porcini and chestnut mushrooms as well as cashew nuts and ground almonds.
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Ham and apple pie

Arthur Potts Dawson adds a touch of sweetness to his ham pie with cooked bramley apples, and creaminess with a homemade bechamel sauce. It's a pie which showcases the very best of British ingredients.
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Cod, leek and blue cheese pies

Fish pie can be just as comforting as meat pies; this cod pie with blue cheese and leeks proves the point! Serve with green vegetables and buttery boiled potatoes on the side.
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