NEW RECORD FOR WORLD’S LARGEST CORNISH PASTY
The Proper Cornish Food Company sets a new world record with their giant asty for Good Food TV series Monster Munchies.
The UK ’s leading handmade Cornish pasty manufacturer, Proper Cornish Food Company, has set a new world record for the heaviest handmade Cornish pasty.
The pasty, which is over 4 metres long, 1.4 metres wide and weighs almost 1 tonne, was made at Proper Cornish’s factory in Bodmin, Cornwall.
At the factory it was officially weighed before being delivered to Fowey yesterday where it was measured and tasted before being cut up and distributed to hundreds of hungry onlookers. The previous record was 400 kg.
The huge pasty was produced as part of a new TV programme, Monster Munchies, presented by Matt Dawson, due to be aired weeknights at 10pm from Monday 8th November on the Good Food channel.
Monster Munchies, an RDF Television production, celebrates Britain ’s best food by supersizing some classic dishes. Two local businesses per area make two competing teams.
Proper Cornish and another local food producer went head-to-head to make the largest Cornish pasty in 24 hours.
Proper Cornish were crowned champions of the cook-off by five local judges, not only were the team awarded with an oversized golden spoon trophy, they also set the new world record.
Talking about the record breaking pasty, Phil Ugalde, Chairman of Proper Cornish Food Company, said:
“This is a great result! Proper Cornish is a very proud Cornish company, producing quality Cornish food, and to produce the largest ever handmade Cornish pasty in the world is testament to the dedication and hard work of all the team.
The logistics of making such a large pasty were challenging to say the least as the final product had to taste good as well as being enormous.
We made it to our traditional Cornish recipe, which included 165kg of skirt beef, 352kg of potatoes, 106kg of swede, 96kg of onion and 381kg of pastry – all the ingredients came from our local Cornish farmers. We even had to build a new oven to cook it and delivering it to Fowey involved a JCB, a forklift, a lorry and a lot of manpower.”
The show will be aired on the Monster Munchies show, weeknights at 10pm from Monday 8th November on Good Food.
Monster Munchies, exclusive to the Good Food channel, celebrates Britain ’s best food by supersizing some classic dishes.
Big cream teas in Devon, huge Battenberg cakes in Windsor and colossal Cornish pasties in Cornwall are just some of the gigantic cuisines that will be served up in this larger than life series.
For more information about Proper Cornish Food Company click here to visit the website.
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