Dartmouth Medieval Pie - British pie recipe from the middle ages

This British pie from Devon is one of the few remaining medieval recipes that is still in use today. Mentioned in the cookery book by Hannah Glasse in 1727 it is a wonderful tasty pie evocative of Christmas with its spices.
500g lean mutton or lamb (Minced)
1 tbsp lard
1 large onion, thinly sliced
1-2 tbsp all-purpose flour
1/2 cup beef stock
100g dried currants
100g dried apricots, roughly chopped
100g raisins
1 orange, zest and juice
1 tsp ground mace
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground allspice
1 tsp Black peppercorns
Salt
Suet Pastry:
400g plain flour
1tsp Baking powder
300 Suet
200g cold water
1 tsp salt

[@thordoo3047]

I love this channel! Reminds me of my grandpa who passed… Danke! ❤️

[@Recipeengine]

Thank you so much!

[@williamkeisling2597]

Your narration is as comforting as that food! Enjoyed your video and it inspires me to try my hand at your recipe!

[@Recipeengine]

Please do! I was genuinely pleasantly surprised how good it tasted. I'll make it again

[@Getpojke]

Thumbs up. One of the only other times apart from myself I've seen Dartmouth Pie being made. Truly magical to eat.

[@Recipeengine]

Thank you so much!

[@avw160]

This is like hanging with granddad, learning something cool.

[@Recipeengine]

Ha ha. Thank you! :)

[@printlime9755]

Leng recipe I can eat for days to this keep it up!

[@Recipeengine]

Thank you! Will do!

[@uncleelias]

I love your presentation style. Real. No fluff. Informative. Still entertaining.

[@Recipeengine]

Thank you so much. That's really nice of you.

[@oldjoeclarke.]

Me too, great video.

[@cookingwithsherry]

Looks really tasty! Thanks for sharing

[@Recipeengine]

Thanks for watching Sherry

[@bruhcorn3795]

love these kinds of recipes.
Awesome pie!

[@Recipeengine]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@grimawormtongue1949]

Great video! it's an intriguing spice combination. I'll try to make this soon.

[@Recipeengine]

It is. Its very Christmasy in taste, but very nice!

[@theminackchronicles]

looks fabulous!!

[@Recipeengine]

Thank you so much. Tasted great!

[@rofl0rblades]

Looks good.

[@Recipeengine]

Thank you so much

[@billvetter5328]

Where's your pint to wash it down..? Great video. Love old recipes like the one shown.

[@Recipeengine]

I had many later in the pub! ;) Thank you for the nice comment!

[@malik2433]

Great looking pie. If i could just add one tip, try mincing the lamb some more in your hands before cooking. It will give the meat a better texture.

[@Recipeengine]

Cheers. Yes, I will do that next time :)

[@malik2433]

@@Recipeengine you're welcome

[@nealgrimes4382]

It was going well until the Sultanas though i like the spiced Lamb part,without the sweetened slugs so i'm sure i could lose the Fruit, i might put a bottom and sides on it also.

[@Recipeengine]

I thought that as well, but honestly, the fruit literally melted into the meat during cooking. Was very tasty :)

[@aj1360]

That looked cracking that, I will make it for my family. Thanks for sharing. Is thee a Wigan lad?

[@Recipeengine]

Ha ha. Can you tell? I am and I'm off to Wigan now to see my mum. But ive not lived there for 40 years, although I do go back nearly every week. The pie was great by the way. Well worth having a try!

[@aj1360]

@@Recipeengine I will give it a go this week, thanks for such an interesting recipe. How odd for two Wigan lads to be discussing pies! never heard owt like it!

[@NaCreagachaDubha]

Looks lovely but a sweet meat pie is a strange thing to me. Thanks for the video

[@DejanBogdanovic]

In contrast to the most of British recipes, this sounds quite delicious :)

[@Recipeengine]

It was! To be honest, I didn't know what it would taste like, but it turned out really nice! :)

[@lenp00]

Brilliant presentation! Thank you very much for sharing. This will be added to my recipes. I’m not certain if we can get suet for baking, any substitutes? Cheers!

[@Recipeengine]

Any shortening will be fine or use shortcrust pastry. ;)