Top of the Pies – British Pie Week
The Days of Our Pies, It’s a Pie Life, Life of Pie the pie puns could go on forever, but this week the nation is celebrating the quintessential of food items in British Pie week. So if you’re not rolling up your sleeves yourself to make that hot water crust or shortcrust pastry, here are a few scrummy pies we have picked out that you can get your hands on locally.
Pielicious
Made right in the centre of Henley these homemade pies shouldn’t be a treat but a staple. Pielicious have an incredible range of beef, chicken and veggie pies and can you believe it only £3.80 each! Or bag three of them for only £11. Bargain!
Steak & Ale, Steak Ale & Stilton, Steak & Kidney, Minde Steak & Onion, Chicken & Leek, Chicken & Mushroom, Chicken Balti, Harissa Lamb, Garlic Mushroom & Mozzarella and Dauphinoise Potato & caramelised red onion pie.
Order your pies here www.facebook.com/pielicious.ltd
The Rural Pie Co in Twyford, makers of hand crafted pies and winners of 7 British Pie Awards have teamed up with Siren Craft Brew & Siren Tap Yard for British Pie Week to bring you the perfect pie lovers package!
Choose from Beef Brisket, Roasted Shallot & Broken Dream; Chicken & Chorizo or Cauliflower, Broccoli & Asparagus pies, all presented as a meal to heat at home and served with a perfectly paired Siren beer.
Order the above here and for the full range of Rural Pies visit www.ruralpieco.co.uk/
MYPIE
We cannot deny that these pies from MYPIE are super tasty. Normally to be seen roaming the streets of London in his pie van.
Fear not, as you can grab some of these multiple British Pie Award winning pies from Blue Tin Produce at Ipsden. Either call into their farm shop or sign up to their mailing list and make an order for collection.
Current pies available to order, Oak smoked beef, jalapeños and bacon, Free range chicken smoked ham & tarragon, 6 nations half time mince and cheese pie, plus there is always a veggie pie and other goodies available.
Image: Jason Buckner
This is a stonker of a picnic pie.
This award winning pie from Fosse Meadows famous for their free range, slow grown chickens is their take on the classic Leicestershire hot water crust pie, but with a Fosse twist.
Slices of free range chicken, and gammon sandwiched between the traditional peppery, nutmeg-seasoned pork mince. If you like a traditional pork pie this will take things to new level.
You can pick up one of these beauties from The Henley Larder in Bell Street.
We have spotted this Toffee Apple Pie being sold at the wonderful Hambleden Village Stores. By the way, this is a great little shop, stuffed with local goodies and produce in case you’ve never popped in.
Home grown apples gently stewed with citrus, Tonka bean & cinnamon and diced home grown apples. Homemade toffee with black treacle to evoke memories of childhood toffee apples. All encased in homemade bourbon vanilla seed pastry with a cinnamon & nutmeg sherbet. Sounds ACE!
This pie is made by Dublicious and was a 2-star winner at the Great taste Awards in 2018.
If you want to find out more about the British love of pies and the British Pie Awards The BBC filmed the 2019 British Pie Awards in Melton Mowbray following the fortunes of various piemakers from across the country in advance of the Awards.
The programme follows the fortunes of three pie makers from Blackburn, Derbyshire and Bognor Regis as they prepare to make and send their pies to the British Pie Awards in Melton Mowbray. Butchers vs Bakers, Meat vs Vegan – competing against almost 1,000 other pies but who will win the coveted Supreme Champion trophy and be crowned “Pie of Pies”. The result is quite a suprise and to some – a bit controversial.
