Which British pork pie has protected geographical status and is traditionally made in Leicestershire?

The British pork pie with protected geographical status traditionally made in Leicestershire is the Melton Mowbray pork pie.

It is named after Melton Mowbray, a market town in Leicestershire historically associated with pork processing and hunting culture. The pie is made with uncured pork and has a distinctive bow-shaped, hand-raised pastry crust rather than a pie baked in a supporting tin.

The filling is set in a savoury jelly produced during baking. This jelly helps preserve the pie and is one reason the pastry is baked around the meat rather than assembled like a conventional sweet pie.

A common mix-up is treating every pork pie as a Melton Mowbray pork pie. The protected name applies only to pies made within the defined geographical area and according to specified traditional methods.