Alnwick bakery cooks up Britain’s ‘priciest pork pie’…

Alnwick bakery cooks up Britain’s ‘priciest pork pie’ made with truffle, caviar and edible gold

A Northumberland baker is claiming to have created the UK’s most expensive pork pie made with a range of mouth-watering indulgent ingredients.

Turnbull’s Northumbrian Food in Alnwick is behind the luxury snack, which is made from the traditional ingredients of pork and pastry - complete with black summer truffle and beluga caviar. The pricey pie is finished off with grated truffle and edible 24 carat gold.

If you’re partial to a pork pie , you’ll need to have a fair amount of spare cash in your pocket to try this one - a single small pie will set you back £100. Just two of the limited-edition pies have been created in celebration of the butcher’s annual Pork Pie Festival which returns this week.

The festival, which sees Turnbull’s celebrate everything there is to love about one of Britain’s most popular savoury snacks, is a welcome return to Alnwick after the event was sadly cancelled in previous years due to the pandemic. Visitors will be able to taste-test eight varieties of homemade pork pies in store, with flavours including chorizo, black pudding, apple and cranberry.

Phillip Dickinson, known locally as Baker Phil, said of his new creation: “We like to invent a new flavour of pork pie every year for the Pork Pie Festival. But this year, we really wanted to push the boat out and create something extra-special for the return of the festival.”

Baker Phil with his new pork pie creation which he promises is 'fit for royalty' (Turnbull’s Northumbrian Food)

Describing what went into the £100 luxury pie, Phil explained: “I spoke to Russ, a trusted truffle dealer, who was able to arrange some of the very best Italian black summer truffles which are packed with tons of earthy flavour which will complement the sweet pork. I also managed to get my hands on some of the finest beluga caviar to put on the top of the pie, that will add a subtle salty and savoury element and result in a rich and opulent pork pie fit for royalty.”

The Turnbull's team added that the making of the £100 pie is "a bit of lighthearted fun" ahead of the Festival - with the proceeds going to a good cause. Matthew Slack, sales and marketing manager for the store, said: "We do not expect this pie to sell - however, if it does, we will be donating the full amount to the local food bank."

A family butchery business dating all the way back to 1880, Turnbull’s is well-known for its tasty pies and pastries - one Northumberland couple who were particular fans even got Phil to rustle up a special pork pie wedding cake for their big day back in March . The Pork Pie Festival is on from Monday 22 until Sunday 28 August.

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