It shares a similar name as a popular fast food burger – but instead of the meat being engulfed in between two patties, it’s contained within sesame seed pastry in the form of a pie.
Located 120 km north-west of Brisbane, Australia, Blackbutt Bakery has released their ‘Big Mack’ pie for the second time after popular demand.
Roberta Anson, the owner of the bakery told Courier Mail they brought the unusual creation back after one customer saw the picture of it on Facebook and called up to order 20 of them.
The unconventional pie contains beef, special sauce, cheese, onion and pickles
The popular pie has won the title of ‘Best Gourmet Pie’ alongside the bakery’s many accolades.
The unconventional pie contains beef, special sauce, cheese, onion and pickles.
But it isn’t the only wacky pie to come out of Australia.
Blackbutt Bakery, 120km northwest of Brisbane have released their Big Mack pie for the second time after popular demand
Mount Barker Country Bakery in Western Australia have come out with a Thai Green Curry Chicken pie, which took third place for ‘Overall Gourmet Pie’ at the Great Aussie Pie competition in 2017.
Others include the Footy Pie, a pie centered around the Sydney Swans and a smoked fish pie if you’re into seafood.
Blackbutt Bakery is also known for their Jack Daniels pie, a bourbon infused pork pie featuring hand-made pastry.
The popular pie has won the title of ‘Best Gourmet Pie’ alongside the bakeries many accolades
Blackbutt Bakery is also known for their Jack Daniels pie
The 2017 Great Aussie Pie Competition also saw a chicken, brie and cranberry pie take out the prestigious title of Australia’s Best Pie.
Jeff Alexander, from Victoria, the baker behind the unique creation, left school when he was 15 to do his pastry cook apprenticeship and at 23, he started his bakery, Tatura Hot Bread, with his wife Glenda.
‘We use [the competitions] as a benchmark to try and find out if our products are the good standards. So if we do well in these competitions we know that we are providing our customers with good products,’ Glenda told WIN news.
This chicken, brie and cranberry pie took out the prestigious title of Australia’s Best Pie
Since 2011, bakers around the country have been submitting their most delicious and unique pie creations in the hope of taking out the title of Australia’s Best Pie
Jeff said that they had been making the winning chicken, brie and cranberry pie for ‘a long time’.
‘We made two batches this week and picked the best one and sent it down [to be judged],’ Jeff said.
12 judges from the Australian Baking Association tasted 2,000 pies in a bid to find the best one.
The best vegetarian pie was made by the bakers at Bruns Bakery in Brunswick, New South Wales (left) while the best seafood pie went to Rolling Pin Pies & Cakes in Ocean Grove, Victoria, whose Prawn Laksa Pie impressed the judges (right)
‘People want to come and try this pie and see why it’s Australia’s best. Not everyone will like it and it’s not everyone’s taste but if you love creamy chicken pies then this is it,’ Glenda said.
There were also winning pies in a number of weird, wonderful and simple categories – from plain mince beef pies to seafood pies.
The country’s best plain mince pie went to the Country Cob Bakery in Kyneton while the best vegetarian pie was made by the bakers at Bruns Bakery in Brunswick, New South Wales.
The best gluten-free pie went to JoJo’s Gluten Free Goodies in Kernot, Victoria (pictured)
In 2016, the controversial first place pie was a vegan ‘Thai Vegetable Curry’ creation from Ka Pies in Sunshine, Melbourne.
The pie was made like a traditional thai curry from fresh lemongrass and chillies
The best seafood pie went to Rolling Pin Pies & Cakes in Ocean Grove, Victoria, whose Prawn Laksa Pie impressed the judges and the best gluten-free pie went to JoJo’s Gluten Free Goodies in Kernot, Victoria.
In 2016, the controversial first place pie was a vegan ‘Thai Vegetable Curry’ creation from Ka Pies in Sunshine, Melbourne.
The pie is made like a traditional thai curry from fresh lemongrass and chillies, is topped with three triangle cuts and a sprinkle of parsley – the flavourful New Zealand inspired pastry beating over 1,700 others for the title.