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
Muston, Leicestershire Muston, Leicestershire Muston (pronounced "Musson") is an English village in north-east Leicestershire, 18.6 miles (30 km) east of Nottingham and five miles (8 km) west of Grantham on the A52. It is 12.5 miles (20 km) north of Melton Mowbray. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 339. It lies on the Leicestershire/Lincolnshire county border, two miles east of Bottesford, of which it forms part of the civil parish. The River Devon (pronounced "Deevon") flows through the village. The parish church is dedicated to St John the Baptist. It is in the Belvoir Group of parishes,