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Brocolli and Stilton soup •
1 large head of brocolli, sliced Gently fry the celery and brocolli until soft. Add the potatoes, turning up the heat sightly and stirring occasionally . Once the potatoes begin to soften, add the stock. Bring to the boil, and allow the soup to simmer until the potatoes mash easily. Liquidise the soup with a blender or seive. Return it to the pan and just before serving, add the cream. Heat it gently until starts to simmer, then add the seasoning and stilton and stir until the cheese has melted through. |
| Good food - part of the Melton's great heritage | |
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Pork pie origins go back to medieval days |
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A kind of pork pie was probably made by medieval peasant villagers according to Wymondham’s local history author Trevor Hickman. But it probably took until the 15th century before meat wrapped in pastry began to resemble today’s pork pies. And although Melton claims to make the best, town bakers did not start to produce true Melton pork pies until the 1820s. In 1831 Edward Adcock is thought to have made the first Melton Mowbray pork pies that were sold outside the area. And today a plaque marks the place in Leicester Street where he baked the pies. |
He made use of the daily Leeds to London Stagecoach to sell his goods in London. There were other pork pie makers in the town at the time but the most famous of them all, John Dickinson, did not start making them until 1848 at a bakehouse in Burton End. Three years later he was well established and leased a shop in Nottingham Street where Ye Olde Pork Pie Shoppe is today. The other half of the shop’s name comes from Joseph Morris who the Dickinson family took in as an apprentice from the local workhouse in 1886. He was made a partner in 1901. |
The Dickinson and Morris business prospered and its fame became known world-wide over the years. Another tasty treat to come out of that little Nottingham Street shop is the famed Melton hunt cake – a rich fruit cake made to a highly-guarded secret recipe. What was once a treat for those in the hunting field is now shipped all over the world by the tonne – a true taste of Melton going all over the globe! Dickinson and Morris is now owned by Samworth Brothers which recently built two large factories in the town to make sandwiches and ready made meals. |
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