If I Freeze A Pork Pie And Then Defrost, How Long Should I Put In The Oven Crunchy Not Soggy?

[stevoUSA]

If I freeze a pork pie and then defrost, how long and temperature should I put in the oven to get the crust back to crunchy not soggy?

[sunny-dave]

That's probably not going to work - any heat that is enough to crisp up the pastry will melt the jelly inside & make the pie very nasty I think.

[Islay]

5-10 mins at a medium temp should do it longer if you want the inside boiling hot

[Islay]

A lot of pork pies no longer have the jelly Dave unless you are buying homemade type

[sunny-dave]

Hmmm - my favourites still do - Melton Mowbray (usually from Aldi).

[Islay]

I bought a MM from M&S and there was no jelly - which is fine by me but the cat was a little miffed!

[stevoUSA]

Thank you for the feedback, I think I will try Islay's suggestion. The pork pie I am getting is from a Brit butcher who now lives and has a shop in Buffalo New York. I am not sure if it has jelly or not. My favorite pork pie is Mrs King's pork pie made in Cotgrave, Nottingham. Unfortunately we can not import pork pies from the UK.

[Islay]

It may not have Jelly in it as it is a US pork pie, as I know you have rules re foods like haggies and offal and jelly is made from bone broth - but check when you buy it and good luck

[gingejbee]

Interesting question....I love pork pies, but would never want to eat one hot......

[-SharonA-]

I did not know you could even freeze them!!

[gingejbee]

You can freeze anything....it's whether or not it's worth eating when thawed!

[gollob]

I am a retired butcher and I did not know you could freeze pork pies until I went to Spain where is was quite common to buy frozen pork pies. It is a terrible shame that Saxbys were frozen out of the business due to supermarkets not wanting to sell there products. Without doubt they were the best pork pies in this country and they did have jelly in them

[RobNorth]

I think there's good reason why we never or seldom heat pork pies: firstly, they are a "cold meat pie" and are generally tastier when eaten cold with salad etc. also, due to the presence of the jelly, which I believe is an ideal medium for growing cultures in, they can be pretty unforgiving, so warming them can be a mild form of Russian roulette.
I have never ever seen them offered in a heated condition by any commercial organisation and I suspect this is the reason.

[stevoUSA]

Thank you again for all responses.
The Mrs King pork pie made in Cotgrave, Nottingham where i used to live can be bought already cooked, or frozen and you bake it yourself. It comes with a jelly that you heat to liquid and then pour into hole where it gels arond the meat. I had never had hot pork pie before bit it was delicious, and of course I love them cold. Birds ins Derby also mak ean excellent pork pie, for me it is the very hard lard made pastry that makes a pie for me with a peppery sausage meat.