Ah Christmas. My family take the same view as me in that it's a time for buying the slightly better versions of things - so on Xmas day proper we sat down to this beast of a pork pie and it was great. The end.
Except they still had them in the supermarkets in between Yuletide and New Year so we bought another to tempt our 98 year old Nanna into having a few more vitamins than usual. And it worked.
Both the topping and the pastry are glorious, and even the jelly layer is high quality.
I suppose the meat must be too - but I'm used to my dad's home made pies with all kinds of fruit and decent cuts of meat inside so this is still a little tame.
Overall though well worth the festive double dip and I think I've still got a quarter to finish today with my NY Day leftovers plate. Huzzah!