Pork pie aristocratic visitors carry lumps of pie with them on horseback". The main distinctive feature of a Melton pie is that it is made with a hand-formed crust. The uncured meat of a Melton pie is grey in colour when cooked; the meat is chopped, rather than minced. As the pies are baked free-standing, the sides bow outwards, rather than being vertical as with mould-baked pies. In light of the premium price of the Melton Mowbray pie, the Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association applied for protection under European Protected designation of origin laws as a result of the increasing production of
A607 road the left, where it is crossed by the Jubilee Way. As "Thorpe Road" it passes the small Melton Mowbray Hospital on the right, near the B676 junction, and passes the JET "Brobot Melton Mowbray" garage and a Tesco on the right. It bends to the right, and the road ahead, "Melton Spinney Road", is the exit for Twinlakes Theme Park (in the parish of Waltham and Thorpe Arnold). In Thorpe Arnold (Waltham and Thorpe Arnold parish) it passes the church, then ascends the Leicestershire wolds, passing Melton Mowbray Golf Club on the right. The Waltham transmitting station dominates the view