This English breakfast pie is maybe the most British thing ever
There is nothing more quintessentially British than a good old fashioned fried breakfast. Except, perhaps, for a fried breakfast encased in a pie.
The "Brekkie Pie" comprises all the ingredients you'd typically find in an English fry up -- bacon, fried egg, baked beans and tomatoes and HP sauce. The pie is the brainchild of chef Chris Kennedy at Oxfordshire-based restaurant group House of Jacob, who wanted to marry up two British favourites into "one, delicious union". "We layered tomato, baked beans, black pudding, bacon chop, fried egg and HP gravy into the our vintage John Hunt pie press, so when you cut into it every element is perfectly stacked. We’ll be serving it with a side HP gravy for dipping," said Kennedy.
The Brekkie Pies are available at several locations in Oxfordshire, including the Woodstock Arms in Woodstock and Jacob's & Field, Jacob's Inn, and Jacob's Brasserie in Oxford. Alas, the pies -- priced at £8.50 ($10.36) are only available this week to coincide with British Pie Week.
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