The plan view is a basic holly leaf shape. Please check the photo's carefully before bidding to be sure it matches what you want, thanks. Ingredients. You might like to amuse yourself with some previous pie pics over on my flickr. Set of 3 vintage wooden pork pie dolly moulds in vgc. The fat in the pastry can make it cling to the mould and detach your pastry. Overnight is safest. It is not too fatty, but you can use belly which tastes great but is much fattier. Fill it with minced seasoned meat then seal with more pastry. When removed after cooking, you mould-shaped pie has a monumental quality that cannot really be achieved with a hand formed pie. These centrepiece pies were big with the Victorians, but they need a pretty epic mould to keep their shape while baking. Beating steel on an anvil creates a lot of loud noise. It is smoother. They are girdles that give shape to your pie, by holding in the pastry until it cooks solid. 3.13159 when it should have been 3.14159. Photos is part of description. Gadzooks - thou art right! After baking pie #1, I was looking at the proportionate sizeof the the pie's length to width, and it looked by eye to be about three to one - very close to pi itself it seemed. To release the pie, it is advisable to warn the mould. Although easy to make, you will need some tools. This easily reaches danegous levels, so use ear defenders or you may damage your hearing. You can use leather gloves. Sorry it's just the inner geek in me... my mother must have dropped me on my head. document.write(''); view details + 9inch game pie mould + 22.7cm x 2litres add $92.50. You must cut holes to allow steam to escape.