Our Stars of British Pie Week

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Samphire
A pork pie with crunchy pastry, well seasoned rare breed pork and just the right amount of jelly. What more could you ask for? Unless you’d like to add a little sweetness ….. perhaps one with onion marmalade?

Brays Cottage Pork Pies
Pork pies made with the best bits of pork and bacon and their own blend of herbs and spices. Varieties available are, Onion Marmalade, chilli, Chorizo and Naked.

Annie's Market Garden
Inspired by her Grandad and her Mum, Annie shares her family tradition of baking wonderful pies using local ingredients.
Varieties available are Beef & Kidney Pie, Beef & Ale Pie, Beef & Onion Pie, Minced Beef and Vegetable Pie, as well as pasties and pork pies.

Rabbit Pie

Photo: © childsdesign

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There are various recipes for rabbit pie and this is the AFT Kitchen's version, which in one way or another is probably an adaption of those recipes.
We made this one to celebrate British Pie Week and have included some flavours that conjure up the British countryside, wild rabbit, of course, apples and cider. For an old-fashioned feel, the sauce is perked up with mace and mustard.
The pastry is very short. The ratio of fat to flour is quite high, but it makes the pastry so melt-in-the-mouth gorgeous.

Please do try to use wild rabbit as it is sure to have had a better life before being killed, plus a diet of wild grass and herbs can only improve the taste.

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Feast your Pies! It's British Pie Week: 5th – 11th March 2012

Photos: © childsdesign

It's a time to celebrate all things encased in pastry, a true honour of what's a great British culinary institution.

Happiness is indeed pie-shaped, something enticing enclosed inside a crisp rich pastry shell never fails to please.
A hot pie is the ultimate comfort food during winter, fresh from the oven, the contents bubbling within and when the crust is broken a sudden gush of steam delivers its appetising aromas to eager hungry diners.
A pie can be eaten cold too which of course makes it perfectly portable and just right for any picnic.
Pies can be as simple or as complicated as you wish. You don't even need a recipe – just pastry and your imagination… or you could buy one from our great artisan food producers.

Later this week we'll be pointing you towards those artisan pies and even including a recipe.